The Legal Status of Following A Madhab

About The Book

A Translation of Mufti Taqi Usmani's Urdu work 'Taqlid Ki Shara'ee Haisiyat' concerning the issue of taqlid. This book is a must for those interested in the subject of taqlid.

Table of Contents

• The Nature of taqlid,
• The Concept of taqlid in the Qur'an,
• taqlid in the Sunnah,
• The Era of the Companions and Absolute taqlid,
• taqlid of an Individual during the Time of the Companions and their Followers,
• The Need for Following a Particular Imam,
• taqlid of an Individual,
• Why the Four Schools of Thought,
• The Different Levels of taqlid,
• The taqlid of the Lay Person,
• The taqlid of an Expert Scholar,
• The taqlid of a Scholar who is a Mujtahid in his School,
• The taqlid of an Absolute Mujtahid, Responses to Doubts Raised Against taqlid,
• The Following of Forefathers is Condemned in the Qur'an,
• The Condemnation of taqlid of Savants and Sages,
• The Hadith of Adi ibn Hatim, Radi-Allahu anhu,
• The Statement of Abdullah ibn Mas'ood, Radi-Allahu anhu,
• The Statements of Mujtahid Imams Themselves,
• How Does a Lay Person Recognise a Mujtahid,
• Is taqlid a Defect?,
• The taqlid of an Individual and Following one's Whims and Fancies,
• The taqlid of an Individual and New Issues,
• The Hanafi School of Thought and Ahadith,
• Imam Abu Hanifa and his Knowledge of Hadith,
• Inertia in taqlid,
• The final Word