What is the difference between taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his evidence) and itba' (following)?
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Question:
What is the difference between taqlid and itba'?
Answer:
There is no difference between them; taqlid is itba', and itba' is taqlid. However, if a person is able to know the Islamic ruling himself, it is obligatory for him to do so, and it is not permissible for him to follow others without knowledge. But if he is unable to reach the ruling himself, there is no harm in asking the people of knowledge and taking what they say.
If you do not know this condition, if you do not know, that indicates that the one who knows and is able to determine the ruling is the one who seeks the Islamic ruling, whereas the one who is not able to do so asks the scholars and follows them, because he is not able to do more than that.
What is the difference between taqlid and itba'?
Answer:
There is no difference between them; taqlid is itba', and itba' is taqlid. However, if a person is able to know the Islamic ruling himself, it is obligatory for him to do so, and it is not permissible for him to follow others without knowledge. But if he is unable to reach the ruling himself, there is no harm in asking the people of knowledge and taking what they say.
If you do not know this condition, if you do not know, that indicates that the one who knows and is able to determine the ruling is the one who seeks the Islamic ruling, whereas the one who is not able to do so asks the scholars and follows them, because he is not able to do more than that.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الفرق بين التقليد والاتباع؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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