[62] Taqleed of ‘that’ is Wajib who Receives Revelations...
[62] Taqleed of ‘that’ is Wajib who Receives Revelations: كَيْفَ يَفْرِضُ اللَّهُ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ طَاعَةَ مَنْ يُحْجَبُ عَنْهُ مَلَكُوتُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْض The Holy Imam Ali -asws said: ‘ How can Allah -azwj make obligatory upon His servants, obedience to someone who is veiled from the mysteries of the heavens and the earth .’ [63] With the exception of Masomeen -asws , no one else has ever claimed to know the mysteries of the heavens and the earth.
How a Mujtahid is Selected by his Follower? A Mujtahid for the purpose of doing taqleed, is selected by the word of mouth, after making some initial enquires from those who one considers to have more knowledge about the religion than him and are easily accessible. In other words, its people’s perception about a non-masoom person that he will guide and help them in their religious needs without any proof that Allah -azwj has Appointment him as their religious guide over them.
Prophet Musa -as Could not Select Seventy Pious Devotees! وَاخْتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوْمَهُ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا لِمِيقَاتِنَا ۖ فَلَمَّا أَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَإِيَّايَ ۖ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ السُّفَهَاءُ مِنَّا ۖ إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَتَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ ۖ أَنْتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا ۖ وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِرِينَ {155 7: } And Musa chose out of his people seventy men for Our appointment; so when the earthquake overtook them, he said: My Lord!
if Thou hadst pleased, Thou hadst destroyed them before and myself (too); wilt Thou destroy us for what the fools among us have done? It is naught but Thy trial, Thou makest err with it whom Thou pleasest and guidest whom Thou pleasest: Thou art our Guardian, therefore forgive us and have mercy on us, and Thou art the best of the forgivers.