What is Taqleed, Is it Blind Following

What is Taqleed?

Taqleed means to accept someone’s statement on the basis of a favorable opinion about him in the confidence that he speaks on the basis of proof without asking him for it (the evidence).

The objective of Taqleed is ease in following the Qur’an and Hadith.

The rejectors of taqleed whose flag is shakily held by the group that calls itself the ......................................... insolently dub taqleed as “blind following”.


‘Blind’ bears the following connotations*:
Without foresight, discernment, intellectual perception or adequate information
Not governed by purpose or reason
Reckless

The very nature of taqleed demands discernment, intellectual perception and adequate information because developing a favorable opinion that a certain Mujtahid Imam is qualified in the Islamic sciences and worthy of being followed is dependent on these factors. Taqleed can, therefore, never be blind following in this sense.


( taken from book TAQLEED AND..................................... REVISED AND EXPANDED JAMI’AT AL-‘ULAMA, GAUTENG.)

No comments:

Post a Comment