This is the Taqleed which is an individual obligation...

This is the Taqleed which is an individual obligation without which none of his deeds are acceptable. A deed performed without use of intellect is not acceptable anyhow. AL KAFI - H 155, Ch. 18, h2 Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Hamdani from Muhammad ibn ‘Ubayda who has said the following: “Abu al-Hassan, recipient of divine supreme covenant, once said, ‘O Muhammad, do you observe Taqlid more strictly than the group of Murji’a’ does?

I replied, ‘They observe Taqlid and we observe Taqlid.’ The Imam then said, ‘I did not ask you about this.’ I did not have any answer other than the first one. The Imam then said, ‘The group of Murji’a chose a man to whom obedience was not obligatory (according to the commands of Allah) but they obeyed and followed him strictly. You chose a man and considered obedience to him necessary (according to the commands of Allah) and then you did not follow him strictly.

Therefore, they are stricter in Taqlid (following) than you are.’” As I have said before that Taqleed can only be done of total intellect so that there is no room for error and delusions and that all actions can be performed with certainty. And this conclusion on the basis of intellect means that the Taqleed of non infallible will be proof of lack of intellect because they will always be prone to error and delusions. All actions would therefore be subject to doubt and conjecture.

Intellect demands infallibility. Certain points come out of the hadeeth above. 1.Taqleed is only of that infallible on whom Allah (s.w.t.) has made it obligatory. 2.The one whose obedience is not made obligatory by Allah (s.w.t.), his Taqleed is prohibited. 3.The one who does the Taqleed of such an Imam cannot be a Shia. 4.The follower of such an Imam is very staunch in his Taqleed.

When the Taqleed of an Infallible (a.s.) is proven then automatically the Taqleed of a non infallible becomes prohibited. Look at what horrific results are gained from this. AL KAFI - H 154, Ch.

18, h1 A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from 'Abd Allah ibn Yahya from ibn Muskan from abu Basir who has said the following: “Once I asked Imam abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, about the verse of the Holy Quran that says, ‘People (unconditionally) obeyed the rabbis and the monks and worshipped the Messiah, son of Mary, as they (people) should have obeyed Allah .