Where is ‘ التقليد الذي كانوا يقلدون ’ the emulation...
Where is ‘ التقليد الذي كانوا يقلدون ’ the emulation (Taqleed) that they used to ‘ يقلدون ’ the submitters of Ja’far -asws and the father -asws of Ja’far -asws ? Ja’far -asws said: ‘Do not base anything on analogy. There is nothing that analogy can prove, except that analogy will cut it off (invalidate it)’.
[3] ختص، الإختصاص مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الْعُكْلِيِّ الْحِرْمَازِيِّ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ أَسْوَدَ بْنِ صَنْعَانَ الْغَنَوِيِّ عَنْ مِسْمَعِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَصْرِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا بَعَثَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع صَعْصَعَةَ بْنَ صُوحَانَ إِلَى الْخَوَارِجِ قَالُوا لَهُ أَ رَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ مَعَنَا فِي مَوْضِعِنَا أَ تَكُونُ مَعَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالُوا فَأَنْتَ إِذَنْ مُقَلِّدٌ عَلِيّاً دِينَكَ ارْجِعْ فَلَا دِينَ لَكَ (The book) ‘Al Ikhtisas’ – Muhammad Bin Ali, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from al Akly Al Hirmany, from Salih Bin Aswad Bin San’an Al Ghanawy, from Misma’a Bin Abdullah Al Basry, from a man who said, ‘When Ali -asws sent Sa’sa Bin Sowhan to the Kharijites, they said to him, ‘What is your view, if Ali -asws was with us in our place, will you happen to be with him -asws ?’ He said, ‘Yes’.
They said, ‘ Then you are a ‘Muqallid’ (an emulator) of Ali -asws in your religion . Return, for there is no religion for you!’ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ صَعْصَعَةُ وَيْلَكُمْ أَ لَا أُقَلِّدُ مَنْ قَلَّدَ اللَّهَ فَأَحْسَنَ التَّقْلِيدَ فَاضْطَلَعَ بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ صِدِّيقاً لَمْ يَزَلْ أَ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا اشْتَدَّتِ الْحَرْبُ قَدَّمَهُ فِي لَهَوَاتِهَا فَيَطَأُ صِمَاخَهَا بِأَخْمَصِهِ وَ يُخْمِدُ لَهَبَهَا بِحَدِّهِ مَكْدُوداً فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ عَنْهُ يَعْبُرُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ Sa’sa said to them, ‘Woe be unto you all!
Should I not emulate the one -asws whom Allah -azwj has Collared (us with), so beautiful is the Taqleed? He -asws understood the Commands of Allah ‑azwj truthfully, unceasingly, or did it not happen that whenever the war intensified, would advance him -asws in its flames, so he -asws trampled its throat with his -asws soles, freeze its flames with his blades, enduring troubles for the Sake of Allah -azwj , passing by Rasool-Allah ‑saww and the Muslims. …(See the complete Hadith in Appendix III).
[4] The words ‘Ataat’ and ‘ Baiyat’ also have the same scope (total submission) as that of ‘ Taqleed’ : Baiyat (Allegiance): الطبرسي في ( الاحتجاج ) عن النبي ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) في احتجاجه يوم الغدير : عليّ تفسير كتاب الله ، والداعي إليه.