Hakikat Kitabevi Publications No: 10 answer to an enemy of islam

“Allâhu ta’âlâ loves those
who follow them [as-Sahâbat al-kirâm] in goodness.” If a person,
instead of following them, follows someone among ignorant and
base people in the worst of all times, this will show his idiocy.
Allâhu ta’âlâ declared: 
“Obey Ulû ’l-amr!” Ulû ’l-amr are the
’ulamâ’ or the governments which practise the fatwâs of ’ulamâ’.
According to both the interpretations, it is wâjib to follow the
a’immat al-madhâhib. Fakhr ad-dîn ar-Râzî inferred from this
âyat that qiyâs was a document and that it was wâjib for a
muqallid to follow the ’ulamâ’. And for the unanimity of the
’ulamâ’ of usûl, those ’ulamâ’ who are not absolute mujtahids are
muqallids, too. It is understood from the 114th âyat of Sûrat an-
Nisâ’ that it is harâm to dissent from the unanimity of the
mujtahids.
[1]
44– ’Abd al-Ghanî an-Nabulusî wrote:
“An Âyat kerîma declares, 
‘Allâhu ta’âlâ wishes His human
slaves to be shown facilitiy. He does not want them to suffer
difficulty.’ A hadîth sherîf declares, ‘As Allâhu ta’âlâ likes us to do
’azîmas, so He likes us to do rukhsas.’ In other words, He likes us
to do the rukhsas which He has permitted. This should not be
misunderstood. Al-Imâm al-Manâwî wrote in his commentary on
al-Jâmi’ as-saghîr, ‘It is not permissible to collect the rukhsas of
madhhabs and make up a new madhhab of rukhsas, which means
to dissent from Islam.’ Ibn ’Abd as-Salâm said that it would be
permissible provided you will not diverge from Islam. Al-Imâm as-
Subkî said, ‘It is permissible to transfer oneself to another
madhhab which comes easier to one when there is a need and
strong necessity (darûra). But it is not permissible without a strong
– 92 –
[1] There is detailed information about 
ijmâ’ and qiyâs in al-Husâmî’s
book