”والإمام أحمد قد رُوي عنه في القضية الواحدة عدة روايات متباينة، وما ذاك إلا لأن فتواه تختلف باختلاف الظروف والأحوال.“

Translation	Sometimes many different rulings are narrated from Imam Ahmad regarding the same issue, and this is for no reason other than the fact that his rulings changed based on changes in situations and circumstances.
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Source	Fiqh al-Awlawiyyat by Yusuf al-Qaradhawi. Second impression 1996. Maktabah al-Wahbah, Cairo.

Sometimes many different rulings are narrated from Imam Ahmad regarding the same issue, and this is for no reason other than the fact that his rulings changed based on changes in situations and circumstances.