The following is the English translation of a chapter from the masterpiece, 'Shaksiya Islamiya' (The Islamic Personality) volume 1 by Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabhani. For exact meanings please refer to the original Arabic. Allah (swt) has not ordered us to follow any mujtahid , imam or mazhab , rather He (swt) ordered us to adopt the hukm Shar’i . He (swt) ordered us to adopt what the Messenger (saw) brought and to abstain from what he (saw) has forbidden us. He (swt) said: } وَمَا آَتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا { “ And whatsoever the Messenger r gives you, take it, and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it)” [TMQ Hashr: 7]. Therefore, the Sharī’ah does not deem it right for us to follow the people except the rules of Allah (swt) . However, the reality of Taqlīd has led the Muslims to follow the rules of certain mujtahids whom they have assigned as imams for themselves and they made the rules these mujtahids h
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