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Is it compulsory to follow any one imam of four imams?

· 2 Rajab 1429 AH1 min readFatwa 16875English

Question

My question is that is it compulsory to follow any one imam of four imams? without following them if we only follow the quran and hadith is it right ?if not right then why so and which imam to follow because all four imams did great work for islam they are all respectable .we have to follow wholly one imam ?cant we follow more than one imam at a time?

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

Please read our detailed answer regarding Taqleed Shakhsi at :

http://www.al-inaam.com/fataawa/taqleed_shakhsi.htm

And Allah knows best

Wassalam

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