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..