Imam-e-Zaman -ajfj has told to his representative in a letter...

عدة من أصحابنا، عن أحمد بن محمد بن خالد، عن أبيه، عن أبي إسماعيل إبراهيم بن إسحاق الازدي، عن أبي عثمان العبدي، عن جعفر، عن آبائه، عن أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لا قول إلا بعمل، ولا قول ولا عمل إلا بنية، ولا قول ولا عمل ولا نية إلا بإصابة السنة.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from his father from abu ‘Isma’il Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Azdi from abu ‘Uthman al-’Abdi from Ja’far from his ancestors from Amir al-Mu’minin Ali, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following: ‘The Rasool Allah -saww has said: ‘There are no words without action, there are no words or actions without intention and there are no words, actions and intentions without learning the Sunnah .

[25] When did Mujtahids Constructed their Own Principles of Islam: It was embraced after the ‘Ghaibat-e-Qubra’ (Grand Occultation) of Imam-e-Zaman -ajfj , when it was not possible to have a direct contact with the Imam (physical or via correspondance) [26] . It was not only necessary to redefine the meanings of Ijtihad but also to redig and reconstruct the foundation of Islam for the justification of Shia Ijtihad in order to institutionalise the system of taqleed of a non-masoom person.