Taqlid and Ijtihad

The Islamic Ummah is united that Imam A‘zam Abu Hanifah Nu‘man ibn Thabit (may Allah mercy him) is one of the four followed imams -- Malik, al-Shafi‘i, Ahmad and Abu Hanifah (may Allah mercy them all and be pleased with them). Among those issues upon which all of the people of knowledge from both the early and latter times are agreed is that these four jurists, and their likes from among the mujtahid imams whose followers have gradually died out, only derived fiqh issues (masa’il)...
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Much confusion has sadly reigned concerning the subject of Taqlid amongst Muslims creating disunity and even animosity. The root cause however has been nothing more than the lack of information and access to the facts. This short but comprehensive work deals authoritatively with this misunderstood concept in Islam. "Understanding Taqlid," explains the basic meaning of Taqlid and its ruling in the light of the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah. Furthermore, it also robustly augments the Islamic ruling quoting no less than a dozen major Classical...
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