مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ١ - FOLLOWING A MUJTAHID
FOLLOWING A MUJTAHID
١. It is necessary for a Muslim to believe in
the fundamentals of faith on the basis of proof and he cannot follow
anyone in this respect i.e. he cannot accept the word of another with
regard to the fundamentals without demanding proof. However, in order to
act on Islamic code (except in those matters which are considered by
all to beundisputable e.g. the obligatory nature of the five daily
prayers, fasting during the holy month of Ramadhan etc.) a person must
adopt one of the following methods:
i) The man concerned should be a Mujtahid (jurist) himself and should be
knowing the Articles of Acts on the basis of Ijtehad and reason (i.e.
he should be a man of such highlearning and scholarship that he can
solve problems from his study of Quran and Hadith). (ii) If he is not a
jurist himself he should