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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.
- Definition of Ijtihad
- Conditions For Ijtihad
- What Is Essential For The Mujtahid
- Taqlid - Its Definition
- The Place of Taqlid
- Types of Taqlid
- Fatwa of A Muqallid
- About The Author
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 Mujtahidis the one who expends efforts for this purpose.
Being a mujtahidhas conditions, from them: 1. That he knows the Shari'ah proofs which he needs in his ijtihad - such as the ayat (verses) and ahadithpertaining to rulings. 2. That he knows what relates to the authenticity or weakness of a hadith, such as having knowledge of the isnad(chain of narration) and it's narrators, and other than this. 3. T...
It is essential that the Mujtahid strives in expending his efforts to arrive at knowledge of the truth, and to give rulings in accordance to what is apparent to him. If he is correct, then he has two rewards: one for his ijtihad, and the other for arriving at the truth - since arriving at the truth means that it is manifested and acted upon. If, ho...
Linguistically, taqlid means: Placing something around the neck, which encircles the neck. Technically it means: Following he whose sayings is not a hujjah(proof). Excluded from our saying, "Following he whose saying is not a proof." is: following the Prophet sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam, following the ijma' and also following the saying of the Sah...
Taqlidis done in two cases: 1. When the muqallid is an 'ami (a common person) who does not have the ability to acquire knowledge of the Shari'ah ruling by himself. So taqlid is obligatory upon him, due to the saying of Allah - the Most High, "Ask the people of knowledge if you do not know." [Al-Qur'an 16:43] So he does taqlidof one whom he consider...
Taqlidis of two types: general and specific. The general type: that a person sticks to a particular madhhab (school of thought), accepting it's concessions and non-concessions, in all matters of the Din. The scholars have differed about such a state. So some amongst the late-comers have reported that this is obligatory upon him, due to his inabilit...
Allah - the Most High- said: And the Ahlu'dh-Dhikr are the Ahlu'l-'Ilm (the people of knowledge), whereas the muqallidis not a person of knowledge who is followed - rather he himself is a follower of someone else. Ibn 'Abdul Barr (d. 463H) and others have said: Ibn Al-Qayyim (d. 756H) said: Ibn Al-Qayyim then quotes:
He is Abu 'Abdullah, Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Muhammad ibn 'Uthaymin al-Wuhaybi at-Tamimi. He was born in the town of 'Unayzah (Saudi Arabia) on the 27th of the blessed month of Ramadhan in the year 1347H. He memorised the Qur'an during his early life and then continued seeking knowledge under two students of Shaykh 'Abdur-Rahman as-Sa'di. He then co...
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Ijtihad literally means "to endeavor, strive, put oneself out, work hard." In Islamic legal terminology it means “the process of deriving the laws of the shari'ah from its sources.”. Mujtahid means a person who does ijtihad or who is an expert of Islamic laws. Fiqh literally means knowledge, and in Islamic terminology it means the ...
Apr 16, 2011 · This is a very important concept to understand, thank you for defining it. Taqlid is often easier than ijtihad but less rewarding and not as significant. Even in general principles of leadership one can imitate a great leader (taqlid) but to actually become a great leader a person must learn and adapt into a great leader (ijtihad).
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.
t. e. Ijtihad ( / ˌɪdʒtəˈhɑːd / IJ-tə-HAHD; [1] Arabic: اجتهاد ijtihād [ʔidʒ.tihaːd], lit. 'physical effort' or 'mental effort') [2] is an Islamic legal term referring to independent reasoning by an expert in Islamic law, [3] or the thorough exertion of a jurist's mental faculty in finding a solution to a legal question. [2]
