WHAT IS TAQLEED???
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Allah (swt) verse clearly states to "Investigate" not to do "Taqleed"...
Qur'an Chapter 49: Verse 6
O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.
How did the scholars gained knowledge??? infact, they were also Laymen at some point of time... if they did blind following than how they can be called scholars??? than this will go for all... and this will be a chain from the people after Sahabas (ra) till present scholars... all are blind followers than.. isnt this an insult to Allah (swt)...!!!
Allah (swt) is telling us to do Tehkeek (Investigate)... the verse "O you who believe! Follow Allah; follow the Messenger and those of authority (Amr) amongst you." (Surah Al-Nisaa: 59)
"SO, ask the people (having the knowledge) of the Message, if you do not know". (16:43)(21 :7)
Some Muqallids quoted this verse to follow them "due to not have enough knowledge in these fields we have opted to follow one of those great people who had attained that distinguished mastery in this field, among whom is a Tabiee, Imaam Abu Hanifa (R.H.). Imam Shafie and all".. than why not follow Prophet (saww), the Sahabas (ra) who followed what was revealed and Tabiee (rh) themselves follow them and this is a chain and they were successful... Alhamdulillah... rather it tells you to investigate and if you are asking any scholar you are not blind following him cuz you believing in the Book of Allah (swt) and making it firm unlike like the muqallids cuz there are many matters which contradicts the Sunnah...
Allah (swt) says in Chapter 27 Verse 64 ....Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."
Again, what Allah (swt) is commanding us to show some truth... to investigate... If we remain blind followers than how we will answer the questions of Grave??? that person will only say "I don't know, what people use to say i use to do"... i don't know who My Lord is Who Prophet is and what is Islam.... I use to follow what majority of people use to follow.. that person did not investigate and this led him his own loss.... May Allah (swt) help us in answering those 3 questions which are most important which will be a decider....
If a person is out for gaining knowledge don't you think Allah (swt) will guide Him/Her??? by keeping a mentality like this means that Allah (swt) does not guide us... Nauzubillah... indeed, this is a challenge to Allah (swt) to say we'll remain blind followers as Allah (swt) says "He Guides whom He Pleases".... He removes whoever He Pleases from the depth of Darkness.... and He will keep them blind who don't want to believe... May Allah (swt) guide us all... Ameen...
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Taqleed (Arabic: تَقْليد) in Islamic legal terminology connoting “imitation”, that is; following the decisions of a religious authority without necessarily examining the scriptural basis or reasoning of that decision, such as accepting and following the verdict of scholars of jurisprudence (fiqh) without demanding an explanation of the processes by which they arrive at it, hence adherence to one of the classical schools (madhhab) of jurisprudence.
Linguistically, taqleed means: Placing something around the neck, which encircles the neck. Technically it means: Following he whose sayings is not a proof (hujjah).
Exlcuded from our saying, “following he whose saying is not a proof” is: following the Prophet (sallallaahu `alaihi wasallam) , following the ijmaa and also following the saying of the sahaabee - for those who consider the saying of a single sahaabee to be a proof. So following any of these is not called taqleed, since there is a proof for doing so. However this type of following is sometimes referred to as taqleed in a very metaphorical and loose sense.
The Place of Taqleed:
Taqleed is done in two cases:
1.When the muqallid is an ‘aamee (a common person) who does not have the ability to aquire knowledge of the sharee’ah ruling by himself. So taqleed is obligatory upon him, due to the saying of Allaah - The Most High, “ask the people of knowledge if you do not know.” So he does taqleed of one whom he considers to be a person of knowledge and piety. If there are two such people who are equal in his view, then he chooses any one of them.
2.The mujtahid when he encounters a new situation, for which an immediate solution is required, but it is not possible for him to research into this matter. So in this case he is permitted to perform taqleed
Fatwaa of a Muqallid:
Allaah - the Most High - said, “Ask the people of knowledge if you do not know.” And the Ahludh Dhikr are the Ahlul Ilm (the people of knowledge), whereas the muqallid is not a person of knowledge who is followed - rather he himself is a follower of someone else