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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Kashaf-ul-haqaiq CHAPTER 11: WHAT DO THE SHIAS DO? According to the Mujtahids the only true proofs of Ijtihad and Taqleed are the ones that I have covered so far, and they have all been refuted. But, they have gave to people some toys to play with to keep them amused, and taught them some rhymes which they keep repeating in one form or another. Thus being; 1.If we do not know the answer to something, then who should we ask? The Imam (a.s.) is not here.

2.Who will give us the solutions to the newly occurring problems of the modern times? 3.When a person gets sick he goes to the doctor for treatment. He does not cure himself. And so if we have a religious problem then who shall we go to? The Imam (a.s.) is not here. and so on. These are such hilarious questions that to take time out to answer these is to waste it. But I have to explain these things to my readers and so it becomes necessary for me to deal with them.

This situation is like when a person runs out of food in his home and has only poison left. When he gets hungry he decides to eat poison instead as food is not available. O servants of God! Think a little over here. Can a knowledge based on conjecture ever be a replacement for knowledge of revelation? This is like arguing with Allah (s.w.t.) that: ‘O Allah! Since you have closed all the doors of guidance to me, therefore it is up to me now where I get guidance from.

Your Divine Guide is not here and so now we will make one ourselves and follow him and be obedient to him’. Is this not sheer stupidity? Have you noticed the underlying chant of this song? ‘The Imam is not here’. All these questions are based on the premise that the Imam is in occultation and is not providing us with guidance, or solving any of our problems or removing any of our doubts.

We are therefore forced by circumstances to imagine someone to be his (a.s.) representative and be obedient to him. I have used the word ‘imagine’ here as in all the proofs that they have presented so far, there is nowhere in these that the Holy Imam (a.s.) has been quoted to say that if anyone were to come back from Qum after learning, then you should make him your teacher and be obedient to him.

In reality, these claims are all without proofs, which they have turned into beliefs and impregnated the minds of the people with these.