Clarification of the Meaning of the Phrase 'No Sect for the Common People'

Question
What is the basis and source of the rule 'No Sect for the Common People', and how do we understand it correctly?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: This principle is stated in the books of fundamentals; because the legal study of the schools of thought is a specialized jurisprudential and scientific field, and the layperson has not studied to specialize in a jurisprudential school, but rather asks those scholars who are accessible to him, and God knows best.
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