If a person informs another person about the judgment of a...

If a person informs another person about the judgment of a jurist and then that judgment is changed, it is not necessary for him to inform that person that the judgment of that jurist has been changed. However, if after informing that person about the judgment he comes to know that he has made some mistake in reporting the judgment, he should rectify that mistake, if possible. 14.

If a person performs various acts for some time without following a jurist and later follows a jurist, his former actions will be valid if that jurist declares them to be valid, otherwise they will have to be treated as ‘invalid’. [^1]: A Mujtahid is a jurist competent enough to deduce precise inferences regarding the commandments from the holy Qur’an and the Sunnah of the holy Prophet by the process of Ijtihad. [^2]: Ijtihad…