Quranic Evidence Against Taqleed: Bring Your Proof If Truthful

❀ Quranic Challenge: “Produce Your Proof” and the Rejection of Blind Following (Taqleed) ❀
🖋 Compiled by: Muhammad Nadeem Zaheer Baloch

Quranic Verse​

قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
Translation:
Say to them, “If you are truthful, then bring forth your proof.”
(Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 111)

Interpretations of the Verse by Various Muhaddithin​

◈ Imam Ibn Hazm رحمه الله – Rejection of Taqleed​

In his book Ahkam al-Usul al-Ahkam, Imam Ibn Hazm رحمه الله establishes a chapter titled:
"What Allah the Exalted Said Regarding the Invalidity of Taqleed"


He cites the verse:
قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ


Then he states:


قال ابو محمد رحمه الله:
فمن لم يأت بكتاب الله تعالى شاهدا لقوله، او برهان على صدق قوله، والا فليس صادقا، ولكنه كاذب افك،


Translation:
Abu Muhammad رحمه الله says:
Whoever does not present from the Book of Allah a testimony for his statement, or a proof for the truth of his claim — then he is not truthful. Rather, he is a liar and a great fabricator.


Reference:
Ahkam al-Usul al-Ahkam – Ibn Hazm رحمه الله

◈ Imam Al-Ghazali رحمه الله – Taqleed Prohibited​

Regarding the verse:
قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ


قال غزالی رحمہ اللہ:
هذا كله نهي عن التقليد


Translation:
Imam Al-Ghazali رحمه الله says:
This entire verse is a prohibition against blind following (taqleed).


Reference:
Al-Mustasfa 2/384

◈ Imam Al-Suyuti رحمه الله – Taqleed Prohibited​

Concerning the same verse:


قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ


قال امام السيوطي رحمه الله:
هذا كله نهي عن التقليد


Translation:
Imam Al-Suyuti رحمه الله says:
This entire verse is a prohibition against blind following (taqleed).


Reference:
Kitab al-Radd ‘ala Man Aakhlada ila al-Ard wa Jahila anna al-Ijtihad fi Kulli ‘Asr Fard – 1/130

✔ Mentioned By:​

Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai رحمه الله in Bayān al-Mufassal