Following the methodology of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah in Islamic jurisprudence
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If one relies entirely on the statements of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) in matters of Islamic jurisprudence and says, “I am a follower of him,” is this considered the kind of following a scholar without knowing his evidence (taqlid) that is condemned?
Answer:
No. If he does not know the evidence and follows a scholar, whether Shaykh al-Islam or someone else, Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nahl 16:43] This is following a scholar without knowing his evidence (taqlid), and there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If one relies entirely on the statements of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) in matters of Islamic jurisprudence and says, “I am a follower of him,” is this considered the kind of following a scholar without knowing his evidence (taqlid) that is condemned?
Answer:
No. If he does not know the evidence and follows a scholar, whether Shaykh al-Islam or someone else, Allah the Exalted said:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وكذلك كان أساطينهم ومتقدموهم العارفون فيهم معظمين للرسل والشرائع — islamhouse.com (1:12:58)
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