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The Ruling on Taqleed is dependant upon the
Situation
There are many statements from the Salaf regarding the
permissibility of Taqleed. This Taqleed refers to the practice of
asking the scholars, as explained earlier, and not the blindadherence
to Madhhabs mixed with deviant beliefs. As a general
rule, the common people have to refer to those who have the
knowledge of the religion, to ask for their verdicts and act upon
them even if they do not completely understand the proofs
behind it. This is the preferable option as compared to the totally
undesirable way for the common man to do as he pleases. But in
nations where the overwhelming majority of ‘Muslim’ institutions
and their leaders are callers to the gates of the Hell-Fire, and those
who follow the Book and the Sunnah as was understood by the
Sahabah are few, the statement that “Taqleed is permissible” –
without specifying its prohibited types, will give the common
people a pretext to stick to their way of Shirk and Bidah [and this
was never the intention of those who held Taqleed to be
permissible.]
Firstly, in order to do the Taqleed of the Imams one needs to find a
scholar who follows Imam Abu Haneefah or Imam Shafi’ee in
Aqeedah, Fiqh and all other principles of the religion. But this is an
extinct species. Now you find someone highly respected by the
people, who is an authority in Hanafee Fiqh and defends his
Madhhab even if he has to lie about the Messenger of Allah . At
the same time, he believes that, “The One who was Istawa upon
the Throne as Allah, has descended to the earth as Mustafa
(Allah’s Messenger)”. He believes that Allah slipped and almost
fell into the Hell-Fire, had Abdul Qadir al-Jilanee not been there
to save Him. That Allah is powerless, and has given his
jurisdiction to the Messenger and the Sufi Saints. (Na’odhu billahi
min dhaalik)
Then they are those who claim to be Muqallids of the Imams, but
only follow them in Fiqh. They invent their own solutions to bring
the Muslim Nation together and criticize certain Sahabah just to
appease the Shiites. They formulate and innovate principles with
regards to Hadeeth, and then reject those Hadeeth that they find
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