[Issues in Ijtihād and Taqlīd]

Answer: It is not obligatory for the mujtahid to teach his students his
personal ijtihād. It is permissible for him to teach them the curriculum
known among them, even if it contains what contradicts his own choice.
The students are of two categories:
1. Those who have advanced and know ijtihād and taqlīd, what may
be subjected to ijtihād, what may be followed in taqlīd, what is
open to disagreement, and what is not—there is no harm for the
mujtahid in presenting his ijtihād to this group.
2. Those who have not advanced beyond layman status—it is not
appropriate for the mujtahid to present to them from his ijtihād
what contradicts what they are accustomed to, because that may
cast doubt upon them in their religion and confuse them.
The mujtahid must also leave the laypeople upon the madhhab in
which they were raised. He must not teach them from his own ijtihād
what would confuse and bewilder them in their religion. Indeed, it is not permissible for him even to practice his own ijtihād in
front of them if he knows that this will lead them to doubt him, revile
him, or fall into perplexity.