he  word  taqleed  is  a  derivative  of  Qalaadah,  and  the
  linguistic  meaning  of
qalaadah  is  to  wear  a  collar  that  a  dog  wears  around  it
s  neck.  The  meaning  of
taqleed in terminology is to act upon the opinion of
 an Imaam from the Ummah
without knowing the evidence. So the muqallid is th
e one who does taqleed.  
THE BLAMEWORTHINESS OF TAQLEED
The blameworthiness of taqleed is that a person singl
es out a particular Imaam to
follow  and  he  accepts  all  of  his  opinions  and  ijtih
aad  as  the  religion  when  his
opinions or ijtihaad is not supported by any one of t
he sharee'ah evidences of the
Qur'aan, hadeeth or unanimous agreement (ijmaa).  
THE PROBLEMS OF TAQLEED
This type of taqleed keeps the muqallid unaware and
away from a great majority
of the religion. It is a reality that there is not a s
ingle Imaam whose every opinion
and thought agree or conform to a particular standard of
the sharee'ah evidences.
So  where  there  is  a  possibility  of  him  being  correct,  t
hen  there  is  also  the
possibility of him making a mistake or error.  
So  when  this  is  the  affair  then  we  will  not  take  the
  opinion  of  the  Imaam  in
which he has erred; nor shall we embrace it. On the oth
er hand the muqallid will
consider  this  mistake  to  be  part  of  his  religion  and  h
e  will  be  erring  in  this,  yet
there  is  no  doubt  that  all  the  knowledge  of  Islaam  i
s  not  encompassed  in  the
chest of one man.  
THE FIRST CALIPH - ABU BAKR (RADI-ALLAAHU 'ANHU)
The scholars of the Ummah are agreed that the station
of Abu Bakr is far greater
than anyone from amongst Ummah and from the Companion
s of the Messenger
of Allaah (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) and his s
tation is high in respect to his
knowledge  and  taqwaa.  However  he  still  did  not  have
the  knowledge  of  some
issues.  
It is narrated in Tirmidhee and Abu Daawood from Qabees
ah Ibn Dhuwaib that
a woman asked Abu Bakr, "My grandson has passed away,
 how much do I get in
inheritance?"  He  replied,  "From  what  I  know  there  is  no
thing  for  you  in  the
Book  and  the  Sunnah  of  the  Messenger  (sal-Allaahu  'a
layhe  wa  sallam),  return
and I will ask the people." Mugheerah Ibn Shu'bah wa
s also present and he said,
"The  Messenger  of  Allaah  (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sal
lam) left one sixth (1/6) in
inheritance  to  the  grandmother,"  and  Muhammad  Ibn  Musl
imah  agreed  with
him.  So  Abu  Bakr  ordered  one  sixth  of  the  inheritance  t
o  be  given  to  the
grandmother.  
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THE  SECOND  CALIPH  -  UMAR  IBN  AL-KHATTAAB  (RADI-
ALLAAHU 'ANHU)
From  the  Companions,  Umar's  might  and  power  is  accepte
d  and  agreed  upon
and it is well known that the Messenger of Allaah (s
al-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)
said about him,  
"If there was to be a Prophet after me then it woul
d have been
Umar  (radi-Allaahu  'anhu)."
    [ T i rmi d h e e ,     H a a k i m    a n d  
Ah ma d ]  
However he was still unaware of some issues. It is in
 Saheeh al-Bukhaaree that if
one  is  in  a  state  of  impurity  and  water  is  unavailabl
e  then  one  should  perform
tayammum and pray. Umar (radi-Allaahu 'anhu) would say
 if a person is in a state
of  impurity  and  he  is  unable  to  find  water  then  he  sh
ould  not  pray  even  if  a
whole month elapses. This is a well known issue tha
t if a person is in a state of
impurity and he cannot find water then he should perfo
rm tayammum and pray,
but Umar (radi-Allaahu 'anhu) did not have knowledge
of this issue.  


ISTEEZAAN
This  issue  is  well  known:  before  entering  someone's  h
ouse  one  should
stand at the door and say the salaam three times; the
 name of this issue is
Isteezaan. However Umar (radi-Allaahu 'anhu) did not h
ave knowledge of
this issue. So when Abu Moosaa (radi-Allaahu 'anhu)
mentioned this issue
to Umar (radi-Allaahu 'anhu), he did not agree with hi
m. Rather he asked
him  for  a  witness  for  support.  So  when  Abu  Sa'eed  al-K
hudree  (radi-
Allaahu  'anhu)  testified  it  was  only  then  that  Umar
(radi-Allaahu  'anhu)
accepted this issue. [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree and Saheeh
 Muslim]  


TAWAAF WIDAAH
The tawaaf widaah is not incumbent upon the menstrua
ting women. Umar
(radi-Allaahu 'anhu) however did not have knowledge o
f this; he would say
the  women  should  perform  the  tawaaf  widaah  after  they
have  purified
themselves  of  the  menstruating  blood.  [Saheeh  al-Buk
haaree  and  Saheeh
Muslim]  
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INCREASE IN THE DOWRY
The  increase  in  dowry allocated to each wife was disl
iked by Umar (radi-
Allaahu 'anhu) so he would prohibit increasing it. So
 a woman recited this
verse,  
"...you have given one of them a Cantar (of gold

 The word taqleed is a derivative of Qalaadah, and the linguistic meaning of
 qalaadah is to wear a collar that a dog wears around its neck. The meaning of taqleed in terminology is to act upon the opinion of an Imaam from the Ummah without knowing the evidence. So the muqallid is the one who does taqleed.