Imam Muslim records the following hadith in his esteemed Sahih, no.2880: Sufyan b. 'Uyaynah narrates from al-Zuhri; from 'Urwah; from Zaynab b. Umm Salamah; from Habibah; from Umm Habibah; from Zaynab b. Jahsh that the Prophet, peace be upon him, woke-up from his sleep and exclaimed: 'La ilaha illa'Llah! Woe be to the Arabs for an evil that…
The Four Imams: Did They Forbid the Layman from Taqlid?
Let me clarify two issues before I explain the point of this post. The first issue that needs clarifying is: what is taqlid? The second one is: who are the Four Imams? [1] As an Arabic word, taqlid stems from qallada, meaning: 'To place a collar (qiladah) around the neck.'1 It is called this because the person who does taqlid, the muqallid, entrusts his affair…