TAQLEED
Presented by:
Syeda Faiza Batool
Contents
• Definition
• Why Taqleed is Wajib (Obligatory)?
• Quranic/Ahadees References to Support
Taqleed
• Logical Arguments
• What Happens If Taqleed is not Done?
• Whom to Taqleed?
• List of Existing Religious Scholars
• How to Choose Scholar to Follow?
• What to Do After Selecting Scholar?
• Questions/Answers
Definition
• Taqleed is To Follow The
Top Most Highly
Learned/Knowledgeable
Religious Scholar in
Performing Fruay Deen
Why Taqleed is Wajib?
• Taqleed is Wajib (Obligatory) to
Perform All Fruaee( Religious
Activities) In Accordance with
Fatawas of a Scholar Who Does
Research in Finding The
Correctness and Lawfulness
Quranic References to
Support Taqleed
‫س ۡو َرةُ االٴنبیَاء‬
ُ
ً۬
‫ا‬
ُّ
‫وح ٓى ِإلَ ۡي ِہ ۡ ۖم فَ ۡسـَٔلُ ٓواْ أ َ ۡه َل‬
‫ن‬
‫َّل‬
‫س ۡلنَا قَ ۡبلَ َك ِإ اَّل ِر َجا‬
ِ
َ ‫َو َما ٓ أ َ ۡر‬
ۡ ‫ٱلذ‬
‫ڪ ِر ِإن ُكنت ُ ۡم ََّل تَعۡ لَ ُمو َن‬
ِ
"Question the People of
Remembrance if You Do Not
Know." (21:7)
Quranic References to
Support Taqleed
‫س ۡو َرةُ التّوبَة‬
ُ
ً۬ َ ٓ َ
ً۬
ً۬
‫ا‬
ۡ
َ
ُ
َ
َ
َ
َ
‫ڪآفا ۚة فل ۡوَّل نَف َر ِمن ك ِل فِ ۡرقة ِمن ُہ ۡم طا ِٕٮفة‬
َ ُ‫ان ۡٱل ُم ۡؤ ِمن‬
َ ‫َو َما َك‬
َ ْ‫ون ِليَن ِف ُروا‬
‫ون‬
َ ‫ين َو ِليُن ِذ ُرواْ قَ ۡو َم ُه ۡم ِإذَا َر َجعُ ٓواْ ِإلَ ۡي ِہ ۡم لَعَلا ُه ۡم يَ ۡحذَ ُر‬
ِ ‫ِليَتَفَقا ُهواْ ِفى‬
ِ ‫ٱلد‬
)١٢٢(
"But Why Should Not a Party From Every
Section of Them (The Believers) Go Forth
to Become Learned in The Religion, and to
Warn Their People When They Return to
Them, That They May Beware?" (9:122)
Ahadees References to
Support Taqleed
1. Qaala Imam-e- Sadiq (AS):
" Shiatuna Ahlul war-ee wal ijtihad wa
Ahlul wafa-e-wal Amanah")
2. This is What Imam-e-Zamana (Ajjalalla-huShareef) said in a Reply to Ishaq ibn
Ya'qub:
"As Far as Newly Occurring
Circumstances are Concerned, You Should
Turn (For Guidance) to The Narrators of
Our Ahadith, for They are My Proof Over
You Just as I am Allah's proof
Ahadees References to
Support Taqleed
3. In a Tradition From Imam Ja'far asSadiq, Narrated by Imam Hasan al`Askari (PUH) , He says,
"...But if There is Anyone Among
The Fuqaha’ (Scholars) Who is in
Control Over his Own Self, Protects
his Religion, Suppresses his Evil
Desires and is Obedient to the
Commands of his Master, Then the
People should Follow him."
Logical Arguments
Because of Our Limited Knowledge we
Do Consult:
1. Doctors to Have Perfect
Treatments
2. Civil Engineers to Build Quality
Houses
3. Lawyers to Resolve Legal Issues
4. Educationalists to Have the Best
Education
Logical Arguments
Do You Think, All 0f Us Have
Sufficient Knowledge/Expertise
to Understand Allah (SWT)
Rulings and Its Explanations
That are Given By The Prophet
Mohammed (SAW) and His
Beloved Ahlulbait (AS)?
Logical Arguments
Are We Aware of the Authenticity
of the Ahadith of A’Immas and
The Prophets in Aspect of The
Authentic and The Non
Authentic Sources?
If The Answer is NO than We
Must Do Taqleed of Someone
Who Does
Logical Arguments
• Even if The Answer is Yes Due to Our
Limited Knowledge, We Might Not be Able
to Look at a Masala From a Global
Perspective...There are Social and
Individual Perspectives to Each Masala
That a Human Being Faces in his Day to
Day Life. We Due to the Lack of Knowledge
Might not be able to Provide Our Selves
With a Satisfactory Answer".
What Happens If Taqleed
is not Done?
• Your All A’amals (Actions) will
Go Waste
• You will be using your Own
Judgment to Handle The Day to
Day Issues Which May Not Be
In Accordance with Quran and
Sunnah
Whom to Taqleed?
We Must Follow The Most Learned
Scholar who is:
• Alive
• Legitimate By Birth
• Adult Male
• Wise/Sage (A’qil)
• Shia Ashnaashary (The Follower of
Twelve Imams)
• Just and Fair in his Dealings (A’dil)
List of Existing Religious
Scholars
• Ayatullah Syed Ali Sisitani
•Ayatullah Syed Ali Khamanai
•Ayatullah Makaram Shirazi
•Ayatullah Behjat
•Ayatullah Hafiz Basheer Hussain
•Ayatullah Hakim Saeed
•Ayatullah Wahid Khorasani
•Ayatullah Jafar Subhani
How to Choose Scholar to
Follow?
• Incase of The Death of Scholar
of Your Taqleed You Must
Switch Over Your Taqleed to
Other Alive Scholar or Remain
on the Taqleed of The Demised
With the Consent/Permission of
the New One.
How to Choose Scholar to
Follow?
• Do Research on Your Own in
Finding the Most Learned
Scholar?
OR
• Ask the People You Most Trust
in Religious Affairs
What to Do After Selecting
Scholar?
• Make Niyat That From Today
Onward “ I Enter into The
Taqleed of Ayatullah ---------- and
Will be Performing All A’mals
According to His Explanations
of Masayils That are Given in
His Risalla/Tauzeeh-e-Masayil”
What to Do After
Selecting Scholar?
• Obtain His Risala and Keep it Handy
For References
• Keep Yourself Updated to know The
New Fatawas
• Ask The Solutions of New Issues
That Have Not Been Covered in His
Risala by Either Sending Him Mail/
E-Mail or Contacting His Authorized
Attorney( Wakeel).
Questions/Answers
Thank You
Fruay Deen
1. Namaz (Prayers)
2. Roza (Fasting)
3. Hajj
4. Zakat
5. Khums
6. Jihad
7. Amar Bil Maroof
8. Nahee Anul Munkir
9. Tawalla
10.Tabarra