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Blind imitation (taqlid)

التقليد الأعمى

Wajdi reports, without naming them, that scholars of Islam held the faith of a mere imitator unacceptable, because imitation can be of falsehood as well as truth. He reads Islam as calling each responsible person to use reason in inference and deduction, as protection against the rigidity that the ill-intentioned exploit 1 2. The statement is attributed to the author's report.

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The Modern Era
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CreedDissent, heresy and freethought

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Muhammad Farid Wajdi relays — without naming them — from Muslim scholars that the imitator's faith is not accepted, since imitation can be of the false as of the true; he holds Islam charged every obligated person to use his reason in inference and deduction, guarding him from the rigidity that men of whims exploit 1 2. This report is attributed to the author.

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Sources

  1. The Mission of Islam in the World — Muhammad Farid Wajdi , p. 34
  2. The Mission of Islam in the World — Muhammad Farid Wajdi , p. 35
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islam.museum contributors. “Blind imitation (taqlid)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/al-taqlid-al-aama/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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