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

(taqlîd) him. On the other
hand, the case is not so with the imitation concerning îmân. Since
îmân does not settle in the heart right after asking and learning
the facts to be believed, it is not called the taqlîd. After learning
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îmân, one thinks over, approves and admits it, and then it gets
established in his heart. This is the îmân which Islam requires. The
unconsidered îmân that is formed after learning without thinking
or approving is imitative and without proof. Such is the case with
the disbelievers who become disbelievers by imitating their
parents. Islam requires people to have îmân by thinking it over,
seeing its evidences and deciding for themselves. Disbelievers’
disbelief is not formed by themselves; it has been adopted from
their parents and it has become their own quality. As it is seen,
taqlîd has no connection with îmân. Because taqlîd is not
permissible in îmân, those who have been followed in this respect
will run away on the Day of Resurrection from those who have
followed them. Because taqlîd in ’ibâdât is a requirement of
Allâhu ta’âlâ’s command, both those who teach and those who
learn will go to Paradise.
The religion reformer’s saying that Muslims considered some
people as witnesses and turned away from the Qur’ân al-kerîm is
a very base and disgusting demeaning. It means to display Muslims
as disbelievers. Since his statement is mendacious and slanderous,
and since he calls Muslims disbelievers, he himself becomes a
disbeliever.
Muslims do not follow the a’immat al-madhâhib themselves.
Learning from them what Allâhu ta’âlâ and the Prophet (’alaihi ’s-
salâm) meant, they cling to the commands of Allâhu ta’âlâ and
Rasûlullah (’alaihi ’s-salâm). Mujtahids themselves are each a
medium, a transmitter. Allâhu ta’âlâ declares,