Muslims are of two types: one is the mujtahid, and the other is the muqallid; there is no third category. For in reality, a person either takes what he himself has reached through his own ijtihad, or what someone else has reached through their ijtihad, and the matter does not go beyond these two situational cases. Therefore, everyone who is not a mujtahid is a muqallid, regardless of his type. The issue with taqlid is taking the Shariah ruling from someone else..
Day: October 18, 2026
Q&A: The Issue of the Sunnah Abrogating the Qur’an
It is permissible for the Qur’an to be abrogated by the Qur’an, because both are equal in the obligation to believe in them and act upon them, and because both the abrogating text and the abrogated text came through revelation, in wording and meaning. Therefore, the Qur’an may be abrogated by the Qur’an..