What is Taqleed? The acceptance of a statement of a person without demanding proof or evidence on the belief that the statement is being made in accordance with fact and proof is called Taqleed or, for the purist, Taqleed-ush-shakhsi. The faculty of Taqleed is inherently existent in us all. If we had refrained from the Taqleed of our parents and teachers then today we would have been deprived of even the basic and preliminary needs of humanity. Taqleed was prevalent from the glorious time of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam who granted the people of Yemen the right and permission to refer to Hazrat Mu-aadh radiyallahu anhu in all affairs of Deen Taqleed is wajib (wujoob bil ghair means compulsory by virtue of an external factor). In the absence of Taqleed-us-Shakhsi, great harm, mischief, disruption and corruption will reign in the Deen. One of the destructive evils is self-appointed Mujtahids who misguide others. Another harm is that one who discards taqleed will, in the case of difficult Masa’il, accept the verdict of any authority leaving him vulnerable to his Nafs (Self) Adoption of different verdicts leads to anarchy. It is therefore imperative to make Taqleed of one of the four Madhabs (Hanafi, Shaafi, Maliki and Hanbali Schools of Thought). Those that dont are called Ghair-Muqallid who sometimes ironically and incorrectly call themselves Salafi (those that follow the pious predecessors)
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:13:01 +0000
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