✅ Answer: Pay attention to the following Ahadith (narrations):

1 عَنْ قُتَیْبَةَ قَالَ: سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْداللَّهِ عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ فَأَجَابَهُ فِیهَا فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَ رَأَیْتَ إِنْ کَانَ کَذَا وَ کَذَا مَا یَکُونُ الْقَوْلُ فِیهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ مَهْ مَا أَجَبْتُکَ فِیهِ مِنْ شَیْ ءٍ فَهُوَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلی الله علیه و آله لَسْنَا مِنْ أَ رَأَیْتَ فِی شَیْءٍ.

📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 1, p. 58

Qutaybah said: A man asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about an issue, and the Imam responded to it. The man said: In your opinion, and your judgment, if such and such happens, what will the ruling (or saying) concerning it be? The Imam told him: Stop! (Be silent!) Everything I told you in response is from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family)! We (Ahl al-Bayt) are not people of 'in my opinion and judgment it is such' in anything!

2 عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ زَیْدٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْداللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ: قَالَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ لَا رَأْیَ فِی الدِّینِ.

📚 Al-Mahasin p. 211

Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) said: There is no opinion in religion!

3 عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی حَمْزَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْداللَّه یَقُولُ تَفَقَّهُوا فِی الدِّینِ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ لَمْ یَتَفَقَّهْ مِنْکُمْ فِی الدِّینِ فَهُوَ أَعْرَابِیٌّ...

📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 1, p. 31

Ali ibn Abi Hamza said: I heard Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) say: Acquire deep understanding (Tafaqquh) in religion, because whoever among you does not acquire deep understanding in religion is an A'rabi (Bedouin)!

4 عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْداللَّه قَالَ: لَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ أَصْحَابِی ضُرِبَتْ رُءُوسُهُمْ بِالسِّیَاطِ حَتَّی یَتَفَقَّهُوا.

📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 1, p. 31

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: I like for my companions to be whipped on their heads so that they may acquire deep understanding (Tafaqquh)!

5 عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْداللَّه قَالَ: لَا یَسَعُ النَّاسَ حَتَّی یَسْأَلُوا وَ یَتَفَقَّهُوا وَ یَعْرِفُوا إِمَامَهُمْ...

📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 1, p. 40

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: People have no option but to ask and to acquire deep understanding (Tafaqquh) and to know their Imam...!

6 عن دَاوُدَ بْنِ سِرْحَانَ عن أبي عبدالله في حديث قَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَا یُصْلِحُ الْمَرْءَ الْمُسْلِمَ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةٌ التَّفَقُّهُ فِی الدِّینِ وَ الصَّبْرُ عَلَی النَّائِبَةِ وَ حُسْنُ التَّقْدِیرِ فِی الْمَعِیشَةِ.

📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 5, p. 87

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said in a Hadith: A Muslim person is not reformed except by three things: acquiring deep understanding (Tafaqquh) in the religion, patience in affliction, and good management in livelihood!

7 عَنْ بَشِیرٍ الدَّهَّانِ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْداللَّه لَا خَیْرَ فِیمَنْ لَا یَتَفَقَّهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا یَا بَشِیرُ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ مِنْهُمْ إِذَا لَمْ یَسْتَغْنِ بِفِقْهِهِ احْتَاجَ إِلَیْهِمْ فَإِذَا احْتَاجَ إِلَیْهِمْ أَدْخَلُوهُ فِی بَابِ ضَلَالَتِهِمْ وَ هُوَ لَا یَعْلَمُ.

📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 1, p. 33

Bashir al-Dahhan said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: There is no good in anyone among our companions who does not acquire deep understanding (Tafaqquh)! O Bashir! Verily, if a person among you is not self-sufficient with his Fiqh (understanding), he will become dependent on them, and when he becomes dependent on them, they will bring him into their chapter of misguidance while he is unaware and does not know!

8 عَنْ یُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدالرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو الْحَسَن هَلْ یَسَعُ النَّاسَ تَرْکُ الْمَسْأَلَةِ عَمَّا یَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَیْهِ فَقَالَ لَا.

📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 1, p. 30

Imam Kadhim (peace be upon him) was asked: Are people permitted to abandon asking about what they need? So the Imam said: No!

✅ In view of the above and other Ahadith:

Firstly: No one has the right to a personal opinion or judgment regarding religious matters, and in every matter, everyone must submit to the divine pronouncements and the divine Proofs (Hujaj).

Secondly: What the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) have specified for us regarding the manner of gaining awareness of religious rulings are 'Tafaqquh' (acquiring deep understanding) and 'Su'al' (asking) the scholars, which are two complementary universal duties.

Unfortunately, these two duties have been changed and replaced by 'Ijtihad' and 'Taqlid', which have fundamental and structural differences with 'Tafaqquh and Su'al', while 'Ijtihad and Taqlid' have nothing but condemnation in the tongue of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace of Allah be upon them all).

✅ The two commendable terms 'Tafaqquh and Su'al' and the two reprehensible terms 'Ijtihad and Taqlid' have multiple Ahadith, specified limits, and a detailed explanation, and mentioning the Ahadith for each requires a separate section. In summary: We are commanded to 'Tafaqquh and Su'al', not 'Ijtihad and Taqlid'!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر

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