And if they also prefer social isolation, they may also die sooner than others.
As salaam a wr wb,
The Eighth Guideline:
The eighth guideline is that a student should ensure that he sticks to the view of the overwhelming majority of ‘ulama and that he distances himself from the isolated or uncommon views, forsaking them totally just as our ‘ulama used to do. I do not mean that we should be searching for those issues on which the majority are unanimous. It is very rare for them all to concur on one view only.
The motive here is that, for instance, on a particular issue there may be a different view by each of the four imams. Each of these four is backed by other scholars of the past who concur with them in their respective viewpoints. There may also exist one or two scholars who have a fifth viewpoint which is in contrast to what all the others have said. In such a situation, it is binding upon a student that he keeps to the view point of the four imams, and those that backed them, and that he abandons the fifth view which goes against the majority.
Listen to the words of the great imam and mujtahid who lived in the early period of Islam,Imam Awzai (May Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala have mercy on him):
“One who accepts the isolated views of the scholars will eventually leave Islam !!”
Imam Awzai passed away in 157 A.H. - An era which was filled with great personalities and many tabi’un, of which some might have had certain isolated views. Despite their position, this is the effect he foresaw in following such remote views.
Imam Sulayman At-Taymi (May Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala have mercy on him) & who lived in an era earlier than Imam Awzai. He says:
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