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(1) The Qur’aan and the Sunnah provide the basis for uniting
the Muslim Ummah and the prevention of anarchy. And Taqleed
has not been prescribed. The Messenger of Allah said, “I have
left you upon clear proof, its night is like its day, no one
deviates from it except one who is destroyed, and whoever lives
(long) from amongst you will see great controversy. So, stick to
what you know from my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the
orthodox, rightly-guided caliphs – cling to that with your molar
teeth…” 630
(2) The Muqallids are themselves split up into numerous sects
and groups. The Deobandi-Barelawi split is an excellent example of
the anarchy and confusion created by people who follow the
same Madhhab.
(3) The Madhhabs themselves are not always united in
themselves on a particular ruling. For example, most Fiqh books
begin with rulings on worship and the first step towards worship
is purification and the first step towards purification is the
cleanliness of the water, and only on this issue itself there are
multiple differences amongst the Hanafees themselves. See
Fathul-Qadeer by Ibnul-Hammam al-Hanafee, which is an
authoritative book on Hanafee Fiqh, p.68-81.
(Claim 3) There is a consensus of the entire Muslim
nation on these Imams
Firstly, this is a false claim because the Imams themselves have
opposed blind following and the concept to adherence to
Madhhabs came into existence after the fourth century of Islam.
The opposition of the Imams to blind following is apparent from
their following statements:
630 Reported by Ahmad, (4/126), Ibn Majah (no.43), al-Haakim (1/96)
and others.
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