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Answer: There are three ways of identifying a Mujtahid, and the A'alam (most learned): *When a person is certain that a particular person is a Mujtahid, or the most learned one. For this, he should be a learned person himself, and should possess the capacity to identify a Mujtahid or an A'alam;
The deeds of such a person without taqlid or ihtiyat are null and void. The most learned mujtahid (al-a'lam) is the most capable in deriving the religious laws from their sources. In order to determine who is the most learned mujtahid, one must refer to the ahlul khibra (those who are sufficiently knowledgeable in Islamic jurisprudence).
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Answer: Taqlid in religious laws means acting according to the verdict of a Mujtahid. It is necessary for the Mujtahid who is followed, to be male, Shi'ah Ithna Ash'ari, adult, sane, of legitimate birth, living and just ('Adil).
Taqlid literally means "to follow (someone)", "to imitate". In Islamic legal terminology it means to follow a mujtahid in religious laws and commandment as he has derived them. A mujtahid is a person who is an expert of Islamic jurisprudence ( fiqh ); he is also called a faqih .
v. t. e. Taqlid ( Arabic: تَقْليد, romanized : taqlīd) is an Islamic term denoting the conformity of one person to the teaching of another. The person who performs taqlid is termed muqallid. [1] The definite meaning of the term varies depending on context and age. Classical usage of the term differs between Sunni Islam and Shia Islam.
Taqlid. Taqlid is used in jurisprudence to mean acting according to the religious rulings of a mujtahid. (1) For every mukallaf who has not reached the level of ijtihad and does not know the ways to practice precaution, it is obligatory to undertake taqlid to a mujtahid in the religious laws. 9.
Definition of Ijtihad. Linguistically ijtihad means: to expend efforts in order to reach some difficult matter. Technically it means: expending efforts to arrive at a Shari'ah ruling. And the Mujtahid is the one who expends efforts for this purpose. Conditions for Ijtihad. Being a mujtahid has conditions, from them:
