and Imam Mohammed Baqir a.

and Imam Mohammed Baqir a.s.) are presented. Imam -asws replied act on the latter one until you get another hadith from the living masoom Imam -asws then act on it. Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq -asws then said I have asked you to act on the tradition of later Imam -asws only to protect you from troubles (of rulers). But when there is no fear of harm then act upon any one of them.

In another hadith from Imam-e-Zaman -asws it is narrated that act on a hadith from a masoom Imam -asws with the understanding that it is Masoom’s tradition but not giving one priority over the other hadith. Mola Ali -asws has said [49] , if you do not understand some of our Ahadith leave them for the generations who will come after you (act on those which are relevant to you).

We would like to end this with the following suggestions, and with the hope to receiving your comments on the presented information on Ijtihad and Taqleed. Last Word-the Precaution: There is absolutely no short cut when it comes to the understanding of religion: Imam Abu ‘Abdallah -asws said, “Allah -azwj does not accept a deed without good understanding, whereas good understanding cannot be achieved without hard work.

The one who attains proper understanding will be guided by it towards good deeds and the one who does not make any effort will not develop any understanding. Is it not a fact that parts of faith comes from other parts?” [50] And Imam Ali -asws says, the sustenance has already being distributed by Allah -azwj but one is expect to seek knowledge and everyone will be questioned on Knowledge!

Rasool Allah -saw said: A time will come in the history of my followers, when Quran will be treated as part of the ‘traditions and rituals’, Islam will exist only for the name sake, Muslims will call themselves ‘Muslim’ but they will be far removed from it. Their mosques will be visited but will provide no guidance. The Fuqha [51] of that time will be the worst of the kind who have ever lived on the earth.

Fitney (Troubles) will be initiated by them and will be sprung back at them [52] So we should try to use our wisdom and try to understand essence of Deen and should never be shepherd by a Mujtahid, rather we should demand the proofs from traditions of Masomeen -asws and make sure we do not fall within the characteristics of that group, which Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq -asws.

has described below: Ali has narrated from Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Khalid a man asked the meaning of the following Ait from Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq -asws.