How Many Types of Taqleed noh?
I. General one
The person who follows to a particular madzhab
or school of jurisprudence or school of thought. He accepts the concessions and
non-concessions in all of the matters pertaining the law and path.
My note here, in Arabic the word deen
means law or divine law. It is the same word used in Aramaic so I just
translate it as the law or divine law of the Lord. Longer would be divine law
of the Lord conveyed and transmitted through messengers and prophets of the
Lord.
Sheikh further clarifies that scholars and
clerics differed about such a state. So, some among of the late-comers have
reported that this is obligatory upon him due to his inability to perform ijtihad.
Others report it as being forbidden for him due to it is a case of
necessitating unrestricted following of other than the noble prophet Muhammad
s.a.w. We would talk about ijtihad in other post if possible because we need to
concentrate on a particular matter. Else people would confuse everything up and
there come "self-claiming scholars" who pronounced Arabic in barbaric
foreign tongue for example American English or etc, lol.
Ibnu Taimiyyah rahimahullah mentioned that:
"The saying that it is obligatory, causes obedience to other than prophet
Muhammad s.a.w in every matter of command and prohibition, and this is in
opposition to the assembly of the scholars and clerics. And the allowance of it
contains what it contains."
Ibnu Taimiyyah further says that: "Whoever
sticks to a particular madzhab and then acts in opposition to it without
making a taqleed on another scholar who has given him a ruling, nor does
he use an evidence as a proofs or reasons which necessitates acting in
opposition to his madzhab, nor does he have an acceptable Shari'a excuse which
allows him to do what he has done. This person is counted as a follower of his
desires, and committing illegal acts since he has no valid Shari'a excuse. It
is evil and sinful."
If there becomes evident to him that something
which requires preference to one saying (of
imams) to another, either due to detailed proofs if he knows and
understands them, or because he holds one of two people to be more
knowledgeable about this matter and having more piety with regards to what he
says, and so the muqallid leaves the saying of that one for the saying
of another one, then it is permissible; rather, it becomes obligatory. This one
is also from the document of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal.
II. The Particular one
This type of taqleed is when a person accepts a
saying about a particular matter. This is permissible if such a person is
unable to arrive at the knowledge by the ijtihad whether he is
unable or able but with great difficulty.
The God knows more than His creatures...
Sealed with prayers for mercy, peace, and love, amin!
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