TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING TAQLEED pdf download

Towards Understanding Taqleed

TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING TAQLEED

The summary of Shah Wali’ullaah Muhaddith Dehlawi comments are:

1. The practice of following a particular person was common during the times of the Sahabah and the Taabi’een

2. Following one of the four Madhaahib entails following

the broader consensus of people (which is compulsory in the words of the Ahadeeth) and failing to follow it will lead to deviation

3. The practice of following one of the four Madhaahib became common after the second century of Islaam

4. Following one of the four Madhaahib is something extremely subtle that Allaah has inspired in the hearts of people

5. The Ummah is unanimous about following the four Imaams

6. Taqleed is Waajib (compulsory) for anyone who is not a Mujtahid

7. There are numerous Deeni benefits to following a specific Imaam

8. Rasulullaah p instructed Fladhrat Shah Wali’ullaah to follow an Imaam

9. Rasulullaah p told him that the Flanafi Madh’hab is closest to the Sunnah

10. It is Flaraam for a common man to forsake Taqleed. In fact, this actually leads him to leaving Islaam (this has even been admitted by one of their leaders Moulana Muhammad Flusayn Batalwi, as quoted above)

The Ghayr Muqallideen fool people into believing that the Muhadditheen never followed any of the Imaams of jurisprudence. This is wrong because all the Muhadditheen apart from very few did adopt Taqleed.