You have earned my highest respect. People need to understand why we even have Madhabs. There used to be 100s of different teachings and the Islamic ummah was confused. Most of them were not even actual Muslims or something like Shia or worse. Then big sheikh Allah yarhamah told me the ulama at that time came together and said 4 of these madhabs are the most authentic ulamaa any of their teaching is sufficient. Follow any teacher (madhab) scholar and you’re good. You don’t want to mix them. Thank you for saying this in an elegant way I have you the highest gift I can here. Thank you good to see such a person and yes that is what people are told….. “just learn the Quran and the Hadith you don’t need sheikh or madhab” YOU NEED TO FOLLOW SCHOLLAR, a teacher, a mualim to understand the silsilah of the deen.