The Proof of Taqlid from Hadith

Question

The journal “Ahl-e Hadith” is published from Delhi. In this journal, on 21 June 1973, Mawlana Azad Rahmani cited two hadiths and one Qur’anic verse concerning taqlid and attacked the madhhab of the Hanafis. The verse is this: [ar]وَأَنَّ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطِى مُسْتَقِيمًا فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلسُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ[/ar] And he translated the verse thus: “Undoubtedly, in religion there is a straight path; so follow this very path and do not walk on other paths, for they will separate…

Answer

All four imams, too, are on the straight path of the Noble Prophet ﷺ himself; none of them is on a wrong path, none is misguided. For instance, saying “amin” aloud (bi-l-jahr) is the path of the Prophet ﷺ, and saying “amin” silently (bi-l-sirr)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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