Questions On Taqleed
Questions On Taqleed
Questions On Taqleed
Bashir Alidina
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Dedication
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 4
OBLIGATORY TAQLEED 5
FORBIDDEN TAQLEED 10
CORRUPTION IN RELIGION 15
COURSE OF ACTION 18
RARITY OF BELIEVERS 26
FALSE CONCEPTS 28
CONCLUSION 41
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INTRODUCTION
The Muqallid places the leash around his own neck and goes in whichever direction
his master takes him.
Know that surely the result of Taqleed is to accept the words of another without any
evidence or arguments.
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OBLIGATORY TAQLEED
These are the Holy Infallibles (a.s.). We have no choice but to have one hundred
percent conviction upon their statements and give them our unflinching and total
obedience.
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ْ ُ
ا َأ
ِ ْ ُ َ َُ
ا َأُِ
ا ا َ َوَأُِ
ا ا ُ
َل َو
َ !ِ "َ ا# َ َأ
O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger, and do not make your deeds of no
effect.
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said: ‘And he is my brother Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) and he
(a.s.) is among you of the same status as I (s.a.w.) am, so emulate him in your
religion and obey him in all your affairs.’
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It is narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali who has said that
Hammad ibn ‘Uthman narrated to us from Bashir al-‘Attar who has said the following:
“I heard Imam abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, saying, ‘We are
the people, obedience to whom is obligatory by the Command of Allah, and the
‘A’immah you follow are such that people’s responsibility to obey them does
not cease because of people’s ignorance and not knowing them.’”
This leads to the conclusion that if you do not do the Taqleed of the Holy
Infallibles (a.s.), you will end up nullifying your deeds.
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اْ َأُِ
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َ
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ِل إِن آ
O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority from among
you; then if you quarrel about anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you
believe in Allah and the last day; this is better and very good in the end.
Even in the event of disputes, we are supposed to resolve it through them (a.s.) and
no one else.
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It has been narrated from a number of our companions from Ahmad Bin Muhammad
from Ibn Sinan from Ibn Maskaan from Sadeer from Abu Ja’far (a.s.) who said in a
Hadeeth: ‘People have been ordered three things – recognising the Imams
(a.s.), and submitting to them and referring to them in everything that they
differ in.’
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This is a Divine Order and not a ruling of a person of this world!
Why is it that every time that I have attend religious debates and discussions,
everyone tend to present their relevant arguments, but no one seems to refer the
arguments back to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) and the Holy Imams (a.s.) and tell the
people what THEY (a.s.) have to say about matters?
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It is narrated from Yunus from Dawood Bin Farqad from Hisan Al amaal from Ameer
from Abu Abdullah (a.s.) that: ‘The affairs of the people are on recognising us and
referring to us and accepting us.’ The he (a.s.) said: ‘And if they were to observe fast
and pray and bear witness that there is no God but Allah (s.w.t.), and if they have it
in their hearts that they will not refer to us, then they will be among the
polytheists.
Read the above Hadeeth again! If they have it in their hearts that they will not refer
to us, then they will be among the polytheists.
Hmmmmm! And I thought that polytheists are those that believe in more than one
God.
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recognizing us. Those who recognize us are the true believers and those who refuse
to acknowledge our Divine Authority are unbelievers. Those who do not recognize
us and do not reject us are straying and lost until they return to guidance and
affirm the fact that Allah has made obedience to us obligatory. However, if they
die in their straying condition Allah will deal with them the way He would will.’”
Read the above Hadeeth again! - Those who recognize us are the true believers
and those who refuse to acknowledge our Divine Authority are unbelievers.
Hmmmm! And I thought unbelievers are those that worship images of stone and
wood.
QUESTIONS
I wonder, why the Priests have never informed us of these definitions of ‘Polytheists’
and ‘Unbelievers’?
Is this because they want us to listen to them instead? No matter what they say?
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And it is reported from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Hisaan
Abu Ali from Abu Abdlllah (a.s.) in a Hadeeth that: ‘It is sufficient for you that you
should say that which we say, and observe silence in that in which we keep
silent, as you have seen that Allah (s.w.t.) has not kept any good in any of our
adversaries.’
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It has been narrated from Ali Bin Ibrahim from his father from Ibn Abi Ameer from
Abdul Rahmaan Bin Al Hajjaj from Hisham Sahib Al Bareed that Abu Abdillah (a.s.)
said in a Hadeeth: ‘It is a loss for you if you were to say anything which you
have not heard from us.’
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It has been narrated from Muhammad Bin Ali Al Husayn from his father from Al
Hassan Bin Ahmad Al Maaliki from his father from Ibrahim Bin Abu Muhammad from
the Holy Imam Ali Ridha (a.s.) in a long Hadeeth that: ‘My father has narrated to me
from his ancestors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said: ‘Whoever inclines towards a
speaker has worshipped him. For instance, if the speaker is speaking from Allah
(s.w.t.) then he has worshipped Allah (s.w.t.) and if the speaker is speaking from
Iblees then he has worshipped Iblees.’’
What? Worshiped him? But I have listened to hundreds of speakers that have turned
up at my local place of gathering over the years. Now what?
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It has been narrated from Ibn Marouf from Hammad Bin Isa from Raba’I from Fudhail
who said that he heard the Holy Imam Ja’far Al Sadiq (a.s.) that: ‘Whatsoever that
does not come out from this Household is void.’
Whatsoever that those hundreds of speakers have said over the years which was
their researched opinion has all been invalidated by this. If they have quoted me the
statements of the Holy Infallibles and explained them to me then that is fine, but
otherwise I don’t see how any of what they have said from themselves can be valid.
I, Bashir Alidina, hereby testify that, I no longer wish to worship anyone but
Allah (s.w.t.) and so I shall simply stay away from those lectures explaining
matters which do not come out of the Holy Household of the Holy Prophet
(s.a.w.).
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FORBIDDEN TAQLEED
ﻢ ِﺇﻟﹶﻰ ﻫ ﻮﺪﻋ ﻳ ﻴﻄﹶﺎ ﹸﻥ ﻮ ﻛﹶﺎ ﹶﻥ ﺍﻟﺸ ﻭﹶﻟ ﺎ ﹶﺃﺎﺀﻧﻴ ِﻪ ﺁﺑ ﻋ ﹶﻠ ﺎﺪﻧ ﺟ ﻭ ﺎﻊ ﻣ ِﺒﻧﺘ ﺑ ﹾﻞ ﻪ ﻗﹶﺎﻟﹸﻮﺍ ﺰ ﹶﻝ ﺍﻟﻠﱠ ﺎ ﺃﹶﻧﻮﺍ ﻣِﺒﻌﻢ ﺍﺗ ﻬ ﻭِﺇﺫﹶﺍ ﻗِﻴ ﹶﻞ ﹶﻟ
ﲑ
ِ ِﻌﺏ ﺍﻟﺴ
ِ ﻋﺬﹶﺍ
And when it is said to them: Follow what Allah has revealed, they say: Nay, we
follow that on which we found our fathers. What! Though the Shaitan calls them to the
chastisement of the burning fire!
Since the Holy Infallibles (a.s.) are also in receipt of revelation, we can safely say
that these words refer to their Noble Hadeeth as well.
And, so it boils down to following the two weighty things, the Holy Quran the Noble
Hadeeth.
QUESTIONS
A prohibition order cannot be any more clear than this now can it?
Look at the title of the book of Sheykh Al Mufeed – Correction Of Beliefs. Have you
corrected your beliefs based on the above Hadeeth?
How on earth did they manage to make this Taqleed obligatory upon the Shiites?
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BIHAR UL ANWAAR – VOL 25 CH 4 – HADEETH TARIQ
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The Holy Imam Ai (a.s.) said: ‘How can Allah (s.w.t.) make obligatory upon His
servants, obedience to someone who is veiled from the mysteries of the
heavens and the earth.’
I, for one, have yet to come across any Mujtahid who is aware of the mysteries
of the heavens and the earth.
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The Holy Imam Ja’far Al Sadiq (a.s.) said: ‘He has lied, for he has recognised us but
he has adhered to the handle of someone other than ours.’
It has been narrated from Ibn Marouf from Hammad Bin Isa from Raba’I from Fudhail
who said that he heard the Holy Imam Ja’far Al Sadiq (a.s.) that: ‘Whatsoever that
does not come out from this Household is void.’
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The Holy Imam Ja’far Al Sadiq (a.s.) said: ‘Orders are of two types – from Allah
(s.w.t.) and from ignorance. Whoever makes a mistake in the order of Allah (s.w.t.)
has given the order of ignorance.
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QUESTIONS
Surely there are plenty of conflicting Fatwas floating around from different Mujtahids.
So, who is right and who is wrong? One of them simply has to be.
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It has been reported from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah in (Al Mahasin) from Al Hasan
Bin Ali Bin Fadhaal from Tha’alba Bin Maymun from Abd Ul Rahmaan Bin Al Hajjaj
who said that he asked Abu Abdillah (a.s.) about sitting with people of opinion. He
(a.s.) replied: ‘When sitting with them you should beware of two traits which
have led many people to destruction – making a religion out of opinions and
giving Fatwas without knowledge.’
CONCLUSION
Did you know that, in the one hundred and ten volume Shiite encyclopaedic
collection of Hadeeth by Mulla Muhammad Baqir Al Majlisi, referred to as Bihar Ul
Anwaar (Full name is Bihar Ul Anwaar Li Durr Al Akhbar Al Aimmat Al At’haar), there
is a Chapter on Taqleed in Volume two which contains eighty four Noble Hadeeth,
ALL of which have been classified under the heading of ‘Prohibition orders of
Taqleed of a Non-Infallible? (P.S. There are no other chapters on Taqleed in
Bihar Ul Anwaar apart from this one)
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Did you also know that in another colossal collection of Hadeeth by Sheykh Al Hurr
Al Amili, known as Wasaail Us Shia, there is also a chapter on Taqleed in Volume
twenty seven, containing more than a hundred Noble Hadeeth, ALL of which have
been classified under the heading of prohibition orders on the Taqleed of a non-
infallible? (P.S. There are no other chapters on Taqleed in Wasaail-us-Shia apart
from this one)
Enough said. That makes over a hundred of them even after ignoring the duplicated
ones, not counting many more prohibition orders to be found in other books. Before I
get the argument that these collections are secondary sources, let me say that ALL
of these Hadeeth can be traced back to their primary sources. Tracing them is not a
problem.
The whole point of all this is that no one can possibly deny ALL of these Noble
Hadeeth, for if even ONE of these prohibition orders were to be correct then the
violators of these prohibition orders would be in trouble on the Day of Judgment.
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THE TWO WEIGHTY THINGS
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و3 آ ب ا, اA; رك6 &8 ص إ3ل ر"ل ا
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said; ‘I leave behind for you two weighty things, the Book
of Allah (s.w.t) and my Progeny of my Household (a.s.).
The guarantee of salvation has been given by the greatest human being ever to
have traversed the Universe, who was well known for being true to his (s.a.w.)
promise.
Now if someone were to tell us that we cannot hold on to any of them because they
are beyond our reach, or we do not have the time for it, or are incapable of it, and
therefore we should leave it to a few people who will devote most of their lives
holding on to the Holy Quran and Noble Hadeeth, and we in turn all hold on to these
people instead, then clearly the conditions of the guarantee will not have been met
by us and the guarantee would therefore be void.
We simply cannot abandon the two weighty things and then go on to holding on to a
third one created by the people of this world. There is no guarantee of salvation if we
were to do this. The wordings of this Noble Hadeeth are specific.
Secondly, this Noble Hadeeth was narrated by the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) when
among the people listening to him (s.a.w.) at that time were those that did not even
know how to read or write. These days we have highly educated people with
degrees and certificates and therefore their argument that they are incapable of
holding on to the two weighty things, does not hold any water.
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CORRUPTION IN RELIGION
It is always the priests of the religion who corrupt it. The people are like sheep,
they merely follow them.
ن
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d(َ ْ ُ)ُاْ اAْ 6َ َو
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d(َ ْ ْ ِ'ُاْ ا6َ #
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And do not mix up the truth with the falsehood, nor hide the truth while you know (it).
Well! Well! Well! All this information I am presenting in all my papers is well known to
the priests of our religion and yet the general public does not know about it and is
surprised when in receipt of it.
QUESTIONS
Why have they hidden all these facts from the people in clear violation of Allah
(s.w.t.)’s Command?
Are they trying to protect their incomes which they depend upon?
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SURAH AL TAUBA – VERSE 9
ن
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وْاN
ْا
They have taken a small price for the communications of Allah, so they turn away
from His way; surely evil is it that they do.
The Commander of the Faithful (as.) preached to people saying: ‘O people! Anarchy
starts from following desires and inducing innovation in (Divine) Commands. These
are against the Book of Allah (s.w.t.). It starts when men emulate men [when men
do man’s Taqleed] in opposition to the Command of Allah (s.w.t.), If injustice
had been presented in its pure form (without ambiguity), those who dislike it would
stay away from it. And if justice had been offered in its pure form, there would have
been no differing. However, something is taken from here and something from there
and their mixture is put forward! At this stage, Satan overpowers his friends and only
they mange to escape from it, those who have previously been blessed with
virtues by Allah (s.w.t.).
There you have it. Corruption in religion starts when men start emulating man.
It is an accepted fact that it is always the priests of the religion who corrupt religion.
The people are the ones who follow their corrupted practices. This is true for all
religions of the world. You are welcome to go through the books of all religions and
see for yourself.
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For example, the Hindu Vedic Scriptures clearly forbid the worship of images but the
Hindus are predominantly idol worshippers.
The Christian Bible does not have any reference to the Holy Prophet Isa (a.s.) as
being God, nor is there any reference to a triune God, but the Christians are
predominantly Trinitarians.
Surely it is the ministers of religion that have misled their people. The people simply
blindly follow the priests, instead of reading the texts of their religion.
On top of this you will see from history that every time a Law was sent down by Allah
(s.w.t.) along with a Prophet (a.s.), the people reverted back to their own ways as
soon as the Divine Prophet (a.s.) had departed. This is the reason why the next
Prophet (a.s.) always ended up fighting against the Priests of the religion who always
opposed the new Reformer.
For example, the Jewish Rabbis opposed the Holy Prophet Isa (a.s.).
The Christian Monks opposed the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) to the brink of imprecation.
The Muslim Sheykhs all opposed the Holy Imam Ali (a.s.) as soon as the Holy
Prophet (s.a.w.) had departed.
In the same way, most of these Priests will oppose the Holy Imam Mahdi (a.s.)
resulting in a lot of them being executed.
The Holy Imam Muhammad Al Baqir (a.s.) said: ‘Al Qaim (a.s.) will make a stand
with new ordinances, and a new Book and new judgments, being harsh on the
Arabs, will not deal will with them except by the sword, not sparing even one of them
and will not take accusations against Allah (s.w.t.) from any accuser.’
If these are all new then what have the priests been giving us?
In fact, this will be the original religion that was brought down and will be presented
to us in its uncorrupted form.
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COURSE OF ACTION
ﻮ ﹶﻥﻌ ﹶﻠﻤ ﺗ ﻢ ﹶﻻ ﺘﻫ ﹶﻞ ﺍﻟﺬﱢ ﹾﻛ ِﺮ ﺇِﻥ ﻛﹸﻨ ﺳﹶﺄﻟﹸﻮﹾﺍ ﹶﺃ ﻢ ﻓﹶﺎ ﻴ ِﻬ ﻮﺣِﻲ ِﺇﹶﻟﺎ ﹰﻻ ﻧﻚ ِﺇﻻﱠ ِﺭﺟ
ﺒ ِﻠ ﺎ ﻣِﻦ ﹶﻗﺳ ﹾﻠﻨ ﺭ ﺎ ﹶﺃﻭﻣ
And We did not send before you any but men to whom We sent revelation - so ask the
people of the Reminder if you do not know
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Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from al-
Washsha' from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Ajlan who has said the following: “About the words of
Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, ‘Ask the people of Dhikr if you do not know’
(16:43, 21: 7) Abu Ja‘far, recipient of divine supreme covenant, has said that the
Messenger of Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, said, ‘I am the Dhikr and
‘A’immah are the people of Dhikr.’ About the words of Allah, the Most Holy, the
Most High, ‘It is a Dhikr for you and for your people and you all must be asked (for
guidance).’ (43:44) The Imam, recipient of divine supreme covenant, said, ‘We are
his “people” and we must be asked.’”
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It has been narrated from Ali Ibn Ibrahim from Muhammad Bin Isa from Yunus from
some companions who asked Abul Hassan (a.s.): ‘Can we ask the people the
answer to some of our problems?’ He (a.s.) replied: ‘No!’
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Al KAFI - H 546, Ch. 20, h9
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Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn abu Nasr who
has said the following: “Once I wrote a letter to Imam al-Rida, recipient of divine
supreme covenant. The issues for which I requested explanation in the letter, one
was about the words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, ‘Ask the people of Dhikr
(people who remind of Allah) if you do not know.’ The other question was about the
words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, ‘Not all believers have to become
specialists in religious learning. Why do not certain persons from each group of
believers seek to become specialists in religious learning and, after completing their
studies, guide their group so that they will have fear of Allah?’ (9:122) The above
passages say that it is made obligatory upon them to ask but it is not made
obligatory upon you to answer.’ “The Imam, recipient of divine supreme covenant,
answered, ‘Allah the Most Holy, the Most High, has said, “If they do not do what
you ask them, know that they are only following their (evil) desires. Who strays
more than one who follows his desires without guidance from Allah? . . .’”
(28:50)
And so the objections started coming in that asking the Holy Ahl Ul Bayt (a.s.) was
only relevant during the time of the first eleven Holy Imams (a.s.). The problem
arises due to the long occultation of the twelfth Holy Imam (a.s.) and so what do we
do now. And so, off to the Mujtahids we go.
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Tradition from Imam Al-Mahdi (a.s.) in a reply to Ishaq ibn Ya'qub:
"As far as newly occurring circumstances are concerned, you should refer to the
narrators of our Hadeeth, for they are my proof over and I am Allah (s.w.t.)'s
Proof."
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This is an order of the Imam of our time whose appearance from occultation is being
eagerly awaited the world over. Meanwhile, he (a.s.) has told us to turn towards the
narrators of Noble Hadeeth for our questions.
The problem is, almost all Shiites have ignored this order and instead turned
towards the Mujtahids, who are theologians (Mutakallimun). The narrators of
Hadeeth have been completely ignored.
The Holy Imam (a.s.) told the Shiites to go right, instead they have ended up
going left.
The reason is that the narrator of Hadeeth will only refer the questioner to the
solution contained in the Holy words of the Divine Imams (a.s.) of the Ahl Ul Bayt
(a.s.) without adding anything from himself.
The theologian, on the other hand, will employ the tools of Ijtihad taken from the
Sunni Imam Shafei and derive a solution to the problems of the people and call it his
Verdict (Fatwa). This is obviously not a Divine solution to the problems. This is
his personal opinion.
Just take a look at his Twzeeh Ul Masaail and see for yourself. It will have the words
– ‘Fatwas according to . . . . . .’
Most people may think the world of them, but the Holy Imams (a.s.) place
absolutely no value to them whatsoever.
Wasaail Us Shia Vol 11 H 27; Bihar Ul Anwaar Vol. 82 H 2; Rijal Kashi Vol 3.
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reports they narrate from us for we do not recognise the Faqih from among them
to be a Faqih unless he becomes a Muhaddith (Narrator of traditions).
So much so for the great titles that they have adorned themselves with!
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2 - ACQUIRING RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE IS A MUST
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Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from
Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah from ‘Isa ibn ‘Abd Allah al-‘Amri from abu ‘Abd Allah,
recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following: “Seeking
knowledge is obligatory.”
Ali ibn Muhammad and others have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Muhammad
ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa all from ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn
Salim from abu Hamza from abu Ishaq al-Subay‘I from one who narrated to him who
has said the following: “I heard Amir al-Mu’minin Ali, recipient of divine supreme
covenant, saying, ‘O people, you must know that religion becomes complete through
seeking knowledge and acting accordingly. You must know that seeking
knowledge is of a stronger imperative nature for you than seeking wealth. In
wealth everyone’s share is guaranteed. A Just One has already divided wealth
among you. He (s.w.t.) and my sword guarantee that you receive your share.
Knowledge, however, is stored with those who possess it. You are
commanded to seek knowledge from them. You must seek knowledge.’”
It is wrong to say that we do not have the time for it and therefore we will leave it to
the others to seek the knowledge, whilst we ourselves remain ignorant and occupy
ourselves in other affairs. Whenever the need arises, we will then ask them our
questions and hopefully receive the correct answers from them. All we have to do is
to pay them for it and we are sorted.
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This approach would be in contradiction to the Hadeeth of Thaqalayn where the
guarantee of salvation is conditional upon holding on to both the Holy Quran and
the Noble Sunnah.
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The Holy Imam Ja’far Al Sadiq (a.s.) said: ‘Whoever enters in this religion by a
person, he will exit from it by way of a person, and whoever enters in this by
the Book (Holy Quran) and the Sunna, mountains will disappear before he
does.’
We have been clearly advised not to take religion from people for that would result in
weak faith with low conviction. The instructions are specific about the sources of
knowledge. The Holy Quran and the Noble Sunnah.
For example, if we take religion from one Mujtahid who has made the playing of
Chess a prohibition in line with the Sunnah (For example Agha Sistani), then the
next Mujtahid who has made the playing of Chess to be permissible (For example
Agha Khamenei) will be taking us away from the religion of the Ahl Ul Bayt (a.s.).
We will always be in a state of doubt whether we are on the correct path or not,
for there are conflicting Fatwas everywhere.
And so when we take the religion from the text, it would be easier for people to move
a mountain rather than shift us from our faith. This would be our state of conviction.
After all, religion is based on conviction, not on doubt.
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Muhammad from abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said
the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, has said,
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‘Doubters and disobeyers are in the fire. These are not from us nor are they
directed to us.’”
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It has been narrated from Abu Mahboob or others from Mathni Al Hanaat from Abu
Baseer that he said to Abu Ja’far (a.s.): ‘We want something from you but cannot find
in the Book or Sunnah, shall we say it from our opinion?’ He (a.s.) replied: ‘No! If you
get it right you will get no reward for it, and if you get it wrong you will have
ascribed a lie to Allah (s.w.t.).’
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Abdullah Ibn Ja’far has narrated from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa from Ahmad
Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr who said that he asked the Holy Imam Ali Al Ridha
(a.s.): ‘May I be your ransom! Some of our companions say that they have heard
Hadeeth from you and your fathers, we use analogy and act on them.’ He (a.s.) said:
‘Glory be to Allah! No! By God, this is not from the religion of Ja’far (a.s.). These
people have no longer any need for us. They have come out of being obedient to us
and are now in our position. Where is the Taqleed that people used to do of Ja’far
(a.s.) and the father of Ja’far (as.)? Ja’far (a.s.) has said, ‘There is nothing to be
gained by the use of analogy but the analogy will break it down.’
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It has been narrated from Ali Bin Ibrahim from Muhammad Bin Isa from Yunus from
some companions who asked Abul Hassan (a.s.): ‘Can we ask the people the
answers to our problems?’ He (a.s.) replied: No!’
They tell me that it is okay to follow whichever Mujtahid that you chose to follow and
if he were to say it is permissible for you then it is, and if someone else’s Mujtahid
tells him that it is prohibited then it shall be so for him. Both are right.
There is an apple on the table and you wish to eat it. If one of them tells you that it is
okay to do so but the other one tells you that it is poisonous and therefore you must
not eat it, what would be your course of action? Will you just eat it? Or would you
rather stay away from it? It cannot be so that if one person eats it then he will be
okay but the next one will die from it because he was supposed to listen to the other
guy.
Prevention is surely better than cure and staying away is better than falling into
destruction.
Knowledge can also be gained by talking to each other and discussing the
statements of the holy Infallibles (a.s.) amongst us.
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It has been narrated from Ahmad from Abdullah Bin Muhammad al Hajjal from some
companions that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said: ‘Narrate Hadeeth amongst
yourselves from it reinvigorates the hearts. The hearts also become rusty as the
swords do.’
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And it has been narrated from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn from Muhammad Bin
Ismail Ibn Bazee from Saleh Bin Aqba from Yazeed Bin Abdul Malik from Abu
ABdillah (a.s.) that: ‘Visit each other, for your visitations renews your hearts and
narrate our Hadeeth, for our Hadeeth make some of you incline towards some of you
and your acquiring of our Hadeeth will provide you with guidance and give you
salvation, and if you were to leave them, then you will go astray and be
destroyed, and so acquire them for they will give you salvation.’
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RARITY OF BELIEVERS
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A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ibn Abu Najaran
from Muthanna al-Hannat from Kamil al-Tammar who has said the following: “I heard
abu Ja’far, recipient of divine supreme covenant, saying three times, ‘People are
animals, people are animals, people are animals, except a few of believers.
Believers are rare, believers are rare, and believers are rare.’”
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Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu'alla ibn Muhammad from Ahmad
ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah from Ali ibn Ja’far who has said the following: “I heard
abu al-Hassan, recipient of divine supreme covenant, saying, ‘Not everyone who
speaks of our Wilayah (Divine Authority) is a believer. They, however, are made
to serve as boasting morals of the believing people.’”
Believers are rare, says our Master (a.s.). Believers are over two hundred
million in this world today, say the people.
How comes?
What religion are the two hundred million Shiites following today?
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THE SUCCESSFUL 73RD SECT
It is an accepted Noble Hadeeth of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) that only one out of the
seventy three Sects of the Muslim Ummah will actually make it whilst the other
seventy two of them will face destruction.
Yet, when we speak to any of them, they all claim to be the one on the right path and
so do we. After all we do cling to the Wilayah of our Holy Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib
(a.s.) and the Holy Imams (a.s.) that followed him (a.s.).
But clinging to the Wilayah is not the only condition. There are two more.
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into seventy three Sects, only one of which will achieve salvation whilst the rest will
be destroyed. The successful will be the ones who will adhere to your
Mastership (Wilayah) and quote from your knowledge, and they will not act
according to their opinion. They are the ones on the right Path.
The Noble Hadeeth quite clearly states that we should only quote from the
knowledge of the Holy Imams (a.s.) and not act according to our opinion.
This quite clearly negates the issuance of Fatwas and acting upon them, for
these are opinions based on jurisprudence on the principles of the Sunni Imam
Shafei and are not a quote from the Noble Hadeeth.
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FALSE CONCEPTS
Just as a sick person goes to the doctor when he falls sick, and the bridge builder
goes to the engineer to get it built, therefore we go to the Mujtahid to get our
questions answered and so do his Taqleed.
REFUTATION
Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Safwan Yahya
from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj from Aban ibn Taghlib from abu ‘Abd Allah ,
recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following: “The Sunnah
(tradition of the Holy Prophet, recipient of divine supreme covenant) cannot be
learned through analogy. Consider a woman has to make up for her fast missed
due to menses but she does not have to make up for the prayers that she would
miss in such times. O Aban, the use of analogy destroys religion.”
It has been narrated from Ibn Marouf from Hammad Bin Isa from Raba’I from Fudhail
who said that he heard the Holy Imam Ja’far Al Sadiq (a.s.) that: ‘Whatsoever that
does not come out from this Household is void.’
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And since this concept does not come from the Holy Household of the Holy
Ahl Ul Bayt (a.s.) it is therefore void.
REFUTATION
Are these the instructions of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) or any of the Holy Imams
(a.s.)? There is no such Hadeeth.
What about the people of that time. Were all their deeds futile as well?
It has been narrated from Ibn Marouf from Hammad Bin Isa from Raba’I from Fudhail
who said that he heard the Holy Imam Ja’far Al Sadiq (a.s.) that: ‘Whatsoever that
does not come out from this Household is void.’
And since this concept does not come from the Holy Household of the Holy
Ahl Ul Bayt (a.s.) it is therefore void.
Our Holy Imam (a.s.) is in occultation and therefore we have no choice but to follow
the Mujtahids during this period.
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REFUTATION
Hello? Who told us to do that? The same Holy Imam Mahdi (a.s.) who is in
occultation said: -
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Tradition from Imam Al-Mahdi (a.s.) in a reply to Ishaq ibn Ya'qub:
"As far as newly occurring circumstances are concerned, you should refer to the
narrators of our Hadeeth, for they are my proof over and I am Allah (s.w.t.)'s
Proof."
The Mujtahid does not narrate Hadeeth, he merely issues his own Fatwa. The
narrators of Hadeeth are those that do just that. They narrate Hadeeth.
It has been narrated from Ibn Marouf from Hammad Bin Isa from Raba’I from Fudhail
who said that he heard the Holy Imam Ja’far Al Sadiq (a.s.) that: ‘Whatsoever that
does not come out from this Household is void.’
And since this concept does not come from the Holy Household of the Holy
Ahl Ul Bayt (a.s.) it is therefore void.
The Taqleed of a Mujtahid equates to the Taqleed of the Holy Imam Mahdi (a.s.) and
so it is obligatory for us to do so during the period of Major occultation.
REFUTATION
Hang on a minute! First of all the Mujtahid has never been appointed by the Holy
Imam Mahdi (a.s.) to be followed.
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Secondly, there are conflicting Fatwas everywhere and so all of them cannot be
under the guidance of the Holy Imam (a.s.). Otherwise they would all be issuing the
same Fatwa on each and every issue.
This is just another product that has been manufactured in this world.
It has been narrated from Ibn Marouf from Hammad Bin Isa from Raba’I from Fudhail
who said that he heard the Holy Imam Ja’far Al Sadiq (a.s.) that: ‘Whatsoever that
does not come out from this Household is void.’
And since this concept does not come from the Holy Household of the Holy
Ahl Ul Bayt (a.s.) it is therefore void.
There are certain questions which only a Mujtahid can answer and so we have to be
in his Taqleed.
REFUTATION
Take a look at the Holy letter of the Holy Imam Mahdi (a.s.) regarding this.
‘Do not ask me what loss or benefit you will get from me during the occultation. This
is like when the sun is hidden behind the clouds and still benefits the people. I am a
safety for the life on this earth in the same way as the stars are for life in the skies.
Therefore close the doors to those questions that do not concern you, and try
to find out that which you need to find out. And keep praying more and more for my
appearance as in this there is betterment for you’. – Bihar Ul Anwar
Why don’t we just obey the Master of the time (a.s.) and avoid the irrelevant
questions like:
If we go to the moon or the North Pole, which direction shall we pray in?
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And so we need the services of a Mujtahid for this.
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HADEETH NORMALLY PRESENTED
TO JUSTIFY THE TAQLEED OF A MUJTAHID
Although approximately six Hadeeth are normally presented for the justification of
Taqleed of a Mujtahid over and above the arguments based on their own thinking,
four of them refer to the following of a narrator of Hadeeth, and this quite clearly
precludes the Mujtahid as discussed before.
The other two Hadeeth that are normally presented are given below and dealt with: -
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The Holy Imam Hassan Al Askari (a.s.) said: ‘Whoever of the jurists safeguards
himself, is protective of his religion, opposes his temptations, is obedient to his
Master’s commands, then the common people must emulate him, and this is only for
some of the Shiite Jurists and not all of them.’
REFUTATION
First of all, no Mujtahid has ever placed any reliance on this Hadeeth nor will
one ever do so, for this has been classified as a solitary Hadeeth and hence the
principles of Ijtihad do not allow anyone to place reliance upon it. There are
hundreds of Hadeeth on Taqleed and they have all forbidden it, this is the only one
which is going against all of them.
Secondly, this is only one sentence of a Hadeeth which is three and a half pages
long (given below) and this sentence should be looked at in the context of the
Hadeeth.
Thirdly, this Hadeeth is an explanation of the Quranic Verses 2:77 & 78 which have
been revealed in condemnation of conjecture (a tool of Ijtihad on which Fatwas
are based) and production of a personal book (Tawzeeh Ul Masaail?) which
contains Fatwas regarded as being part of the religion of Allah (s.w.t.).
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ل َو ا ْ َِ Uه َْ ُ ِ 8 ن ِ َِْ Uذَ ِ ُYا َ َُ 2و ِإنْ َآ َ ن ََ َْ َd َ 6 ' ِ َ ف ِ ْ ِ َ
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And there are among them illiterates who know not the Book but only lies, and they
do but conjecture. Woe, then, to those who write the book with their hands and
then say: This is from Allah, so that they may take for it a small price; therefore woe
to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn. (2:77-
78)
The Holy Imam Hassan Al Askari (a.s.) has narrated that: 'Allah (s.w.t.) said to the
Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) that: 'O Muhammad (s.a.w.)! From among the Jews there are
some illiterates who do not know how to read or write just like an 'Ummi', which is
actually associated with 'Umm', that is as if one has just been born and he does not
know to read or write. They are those who neither know the Divine Book nor do they
know the book that falsifies it and cannot differentiate between the two unless
someone reads it for them and says that this is from Allah (s.w.t.). From whatever is
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written therein, if someone were to relate something opposite to it then they would
never be able to identify it. These people base their talk on conjecture, and are
falsifying their Master the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) and the leader of his (s.a.w.) pure
progeny Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s.)'s Imamat. Whoever does this falsification, these it is
that they emulate (Do Taqleed of), although it is forbidden for them to do so’.
A person came to the Holy Imam Ja'far Al Sadiq (a.s.) and asked, 'O son of the
Prophet! What is the reason behind Allah (s.w.t.)'s condemnation of the Jews that
they cannot recognise the Proof of Allah (s.w.t.) without listening to their Priests
when they do not have any recourse other than this. Then how come they have been
condemned for having emulated them and listening to them despite the fact that their
people are like our people, that they listen to their Priests when it is not allowable for
them to do so whilst we have been permitted to listen to our priests?’
The Holy Imam (a.s.) replied: 'In between our people and our priests, and their
people and their priests, there is a difference as well as a similarity. For what is
similar between the two, Allah (s.w.t.) has also condemned the Muslims for
emulating their priests just like their people having been condemned. From
what is the difference between the two our people have not been condemned for
emulating their priests.' The person asked, 'Can you please explain the reason for
this?'
The Holy Imam (a.s.) replied: 'The Jews were aware that their priests normally used
to lie to them and eat that which is unlawful, and take bribes, and with someone's
recommendation or as a favour to someone, amend the laws of Allah (s.w.t.) and
they knew that their Priests were extremely prejudicial due to which they stray away
from their religion. When they deal with someone with their prejudice, they deny him
his rights, whilst they give his wealth to the one that they have decided to favour, and
thus they are unjust on the rightful person. They surely know that these priests are
unlawful in their deeds, despite that their hearts knew that whoever does so is a
mischief maker, and that they do not accept the Prophets as intermediaries between
Allah (s.w.t.) and his creatures, they still emulate them. This is the reason for their
condemnation by Allah (s.w.t.). They emulated those that they knew, and knew about
them that to take news from them and verify their speech about that person whom
they had not seen, to act upon the words of their Priests is not correct, and it was
obligatory upon them to ponder over the Holy prophet (s.a.w.) because his (s.a.w.)
proofs were not hidden and were clear and well known and they were all aware of
these.
The order is the same for this Ummah as well, when they know that their
Priests are involved in mischief and injustices and are very prejudicial and are
openly inimical for the sake of the wealth of this world and prohibited deeds,
and destroy the one whom they are prejudicial against although he could have
been corrected by good advice. The one that they are close to, they become
lenient with him and deal with him favourably although he may be deserving of
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disgrace and punishment. So, those of our people who emulate these priests
are like those Jews who have been condemned due to their emulation of their
mischievous and unjust priests.
These characteristics are to be found in only some of the priests of the Shiites
and not in all of them, because that priest who is like the mischief making
jurist of the Muslims, who indulges in bad deeds, do not accept any of our
orders from them and do not honour and respect them in any way. In order to
gain this respect from the people, they have added a lot of their words to ours.
When our words reach the mischief makers, they change them a lot due to
their ignorance and they place them wrongly due to their lack of intellect and
deliberately forge lies against us so that they can accumulate the wealth of
this world, and this will be an entrance to Hell for them.
There is a group of Nasibis who, although are not capable of denying our
authority, nevertheless learn our correct knowledge and take it to our Shiites.
They talk about our deficiencies to our enemies and then they add certain false talks,
which we are completely free from and strongly annoyed with. Some of our
obedient Shiites accept these talks as being knowledge emanating from us,
the Holy Ahl Ul Bayt (a.s.). These are people who have gone astray and are
leading others astray.
These types of people (Nasibis) damage our weak minded Shiites more than
the damage done by the army of Yazeed on the Holy Imam Husayn (a.s.) and
his (a.s.) companions, because they take their lives and their wealth. This is
more damaging, in our eyes, than the damage done by the army of Yazeed.
These bad Nasibi scholars, who portray themselves as the friends of our
friends and the enemies of our enemies, create doubts in the beliefs of our
Shiites, lead them astray and stop them from walking on the right and pure
way.
But, from those strayed people, about whom Allah (s.w.t.) knows their intentions of
safeguarding their religion, and respect and honour the Trustee of Allah (s.w.t.), He
(s.w.t.) does not let them stay with these mischievous unbelievers, and
appoints an honourable believer who shows him the right way, and then
Grants him the understanding to accept his advice, and in this way for this
person there is betterment in this world and in the hereafter while there are curses in
this world for those that led him astray, and collects the punishment for them in the
hereafter.'
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After this the Holy Imam Ja'far Al Sadiq (a.s.) said: 'The Holy prophet (s.a.w.) said,
'The mischievous and evil scholar of my Ummah is the one who lead people astray
away from us cut them off from our ways and call them by using our names and
our titles for those that oppose us and they send salutations and greetings on
them although they are deserving of curses and punishment, and they send curses
on us, although we are honourable and lofty in our positions with Allah (s.w.t.) and
are in receipt of salutations and greeting from Allah (s.w.t.) and His angels, and we
are unconcerned with the salutations and greetings for them.
Imagine taking one sentence out of this to justify the Taqleed of a Mjutahid in
complete contradiction to hundreds upon hundreds of prohibition orders.
Anyhow, do you now understand why this Tafseer is not being taught in the
Hawzah of Qum?
Over there they teach the theosophical explanation given by Syed Muhammad
Husain Tabatabaie (Al Mizan) and the mixture of Sunni and Shiite commentaries
(Namoona).
The explanation of the Holy Quran by the Holy Imam Hassan Al Askari (a.s.)
does not form part of the syllabus of the Hawza of Qum.
The second Hadeeth that gets presented is that of Aban Bin Tablugh. There are two
versions of this and I have given both of them below.
O, &N &;
ى0 أنZ& أ8 إ، ا ! س5;; و أA ;& ' اM@ ا 'م ا2
?@ أ2 ل
The Holy Imam Muhammad Al Baqir (a.s.) said to Aban: ‘Sit yourself in the mosque
of Kufa and give Fatwas to the people. I love to see people like you among my
Shiites.’
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RIJAAL ALLAMAH HILLI (1 / 21) & RIJAAL AL NAJJASHI (7 / 10) & AL FIHRIST
AL TOOSI (51 / 17)
O, &N &;
ى0 أنZ& أ8U; ، ا ! س5;! و أ0) ;& ' اM@ ا 'م ا2
ا2 ل
The Holy Imam Muhammad Al Baqir (a.s.) said to Aban: ‘Sit yourself in the mosque
of Medina and give Fatwas to people. I love to see people like you among my
Shiites.’
REFUTATION
The first obvious difference is the mention of the mosque. Was it kufa or was it
Medina?
Secondly, did you notice that NONE of these sources ever mention ANY
narrators whatsoever?
How on earth did the Mujtahids accept these Hadeeth when there are no narrators
mentioned anywhere when the Mujtahids consider themselves to be experts in the
science of Ilm Ul Rijaal (The knowledge of the narrators)?
So, let us see what the Holy Imam (a.s.) has said about Aban Bin Tablugh.
َروَىZ
َ ِْ 6َ
َ ْ ن
َ َ ن َأ
d ِإ2ُ َ ل
َ َ ع2ِ d ْ ِ ا
َ َ ن َأ
d ن َأ
َ )َ ,ْ
ُ
ِ ْ ن
ِ َ ْ َأ َ \ِ " َ! ِد
ْ Uِِ ِ ْ '
َ(
ُ ْ ا
ِ ْ & p َِ ُ ْ ُ )d (
َ ُ
&p!َ \ِ & َ; رْ ِوp! َ O َ َ \ُ ِ َ
ًة َ; َ) َروَا,َ ً َآ0& ِروَاp! َ
Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Al Husayn has narrated from Aban Bin Uthman quoting the
Holy Imam Ja’far Al Sadiq (a.s.) that: ‘Surely Aban Bin Taghlub has narrated from
me numerous narrations, so tell me what he has narrated to you from me.’
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RIJAAL AL NAJJASHI – (7 / 11)
ا ( رث و/ ن و آ ب أ& روقJ
'? () ا
) ;!& آ ب اR)@
،'( ! () ا- أ ا (' & أ) ل8
K أ. آ واا%@ وZI ' () ا
) ن, أ ن،\
( و0 =?ان، ت0X () ا (' ا، '( ا
E0 F أ-- &! روىZ6 ا 'م أن أ ن2 3أ& ا
In the compilation of Muhammad Bin Abdul Rahman Bin Fanti between the book of
the commentary of Aban and the book of Abu Rouk Atiya Bin Al Harith and
Muhammad Bin Al Sa’ib and made it one book and said that Abul Hassan Ali Bin
Ahmad said that Muhammad Bin Al Hassan narrated to him from Al Hassan Bin
Mateel from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Al Ziyaat from Safwan Bin Yahya and others
from Aban Bin Uthman from Abu Abdillah (a.s.): ‘Surely Aban Bin Tablugh was a
narrator of thirty thousand Hadeeth.’
Well! Well! Well! We have a narrator of Hadeeth here and not a Mujtahid, now don’t
we? Amazing!
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CONCLUSION
OBLIGATORY TAQLEED
If you do not do the Taqleed of the Holy Infallibles (a.s.), you will end up nullifying
your deeds.
FORBIDDEN TAQLEED
How can Allah (s.w.t.) make obligatory upon His servants, obedience to one
who is veiled from the mysteries of the heavens and the earth?
CORRUPTION IN RELIGION
It is always the priests of the religion who corrupt it. The people are like sheep,
they merely follow them.
COURSE OF ACTION
Narrate Hadeeth amongst yourselves for they will give you salvation.
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Believers are rare. Not everyone who speaks of Wilayah (Divine Authority) of
Holy Infallibles (a.s.) is a believer.
We should only quote from the knowledge of the Holy Imams (a.s.) and not act
according to our opinion.
FALSE CONCEPTS
From all this, I hereby conclude that the concept of the Taqleed of a non-
Infallible did not emanate from the Holy Household of the Holy Ahl Ul Bayt
(a.s.) and is therefore void.
It looks like the arch-deceiver has done his job well among the Shiites.
Bashir Alidina
July 2010
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