TRADITION AND CULTURE ARE FROM PEOPLE, WHILE ISLAM AND SUNNAH ARE FROM ALLAAH AND HIS MESSENGER [PBUH]. Taqleed (blind following) is impermissible in Islam...even the pagans used to do taqleed of their fore fathers and went astray. “And when it is said to them: Follow what Allah has revealed!’ They say: Nay! We will follow what we found our ancestors following.’ What! Even though their Ancestors were void of wisdom and guidance?” (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:170). And when it is said to them, Follow what Allah has revealed, they say, Rather, we will follow that upon which we found our fathers. Even if Satan was inviting them to the punishment of the Blaze? (Surah Luqman 31:21). So do not be in doubt, [O Muhammad pbuh], as to what these people [polytheists] worship. They worship nothing but what their fathers worshiped before (them). And indeed, We shall repay them in full their portion without diminution. (Surat Hud, verse 109). But according to the scholars, taqleed is permissible in such a case where a person takes advice or follows a fatwa that must match the Sunnah of beloved Prophet Muhammed (ﺻﻠﯽ ﺍﻟﻠﮧ ﻋﻠﯿﮧ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ) and the Quran. No matter who they are if their quote goes against The Quran & The Sunnah we shall reject it. Saalim ibn Abdullaah ibn Umar, who said: I was sitting with Ibn Umar (radi Allaahu anhu) in the mosque once, when a man from the people of Syria came to him and asked him about continuing the Umrah onto the Hajj (known as Hajj Tamattu). Ibn Umar replied, It is a good and beautiful thing. The man said, But your father (i.e. Umar ibn al-Khattaab) used to forbid it! So he said, Woe to you! If my father used to forbid something which the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) practised and commanded, would you accept my fathers view, or the order of the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam)? He replied, The order of the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam). He said, So go away from me. [Ahmad (no. 5700) related similarly, as did Tirmidhi (2/82) and declared it saheeh]. Taqleed shall not be like even if a person goes wrong with his quote he shall still be followed ignoring the truth and without verifying for your own soul. Abu Dhar said : I was with the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) one day and I heard Him saying There is something I fear for my Ummah than the dajjal.” It was then I became afraid, so I said O Messenger of ALLAH what thing is that? He (PBUH) replied Misguided and astray scholars [Recorded in Musnad Ahmad, 20335]. The Prophet (pbuh) said: And whoever calls with the call of Jahilliyah, he will be in the fire. The companions asked: O Messenger of Allaah! Even though he prayed and fasted? The Prophet replied: Even though he prayed and fasted and claimed to be a Muslim. Call the Muslims by their names, the names which Allah has called them, Of Muslimeen, Mumineen, and Ibad Allah. [Ahmed, At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Hibban, and Al-Hakim].
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