how can we know if a person is ghair muqallid while he claims to be a muqallid, etc...

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1)how can we know if a person is ghair muqallid while he claims to be a muqallid?? 2)and are the hizbullah and ghair muqallid same?? 3)is it permissible for the spouses to hv different aqeedah?? 4) can we follow a mufti whom his own family and other trustworthy people mention his bad habits and character?? if yes, to which extent?? 5) if there is a person who is a maulana and his wife doing bad things, though they live together and the wife is also in parda.. wen the aam people are averted, they say so and so maulana's wife doing it.. what should we do in this case?? jazaakumullah

Answer

(1) Anybody who is not following one of the four Aimmah ( i.e Imaam Abu Hanifah (Rahimahullah), Imaam Maalik (Rahimahullah), Imaam Shafi'ee (Rahimahullah) and Imaam Ahmad Bin Hambal (Rahimahullah)) is a ghair muqallid. Likewise anybody who follow deen by manipulating the four mazhab is also a ghair muqallid. A muqallid is somebody who makes taqleed (follow) only one imaam amongst the four mentioned above. (2) Hizbullah is a political party comprising of different islamic tendency. (3) For the harmonious life they should be of the same tendency. (4) The person Mufti or Maulana whom you should follow, should be trustworthy and a pious person even no body likes him. Otherwise an Aalim who is appreciated, admired and accepted by the public but he is not an upright person, he should never in any case be followed. (5) A Maulana who has done everything in his capacity will not be responsible for what his wife does.