4. Creating confusion for untrained people in matters of Fiqh.

At our individual level, we should follow the leadership of our community in matters of Ijtihad. Even if we disagree, we should not create fitnah in the community by trying to call everyone to our way. • The ruling of Ittiba’ Ittiba’ is the critical following of a qualified scholarship. It requires knowing the daleel of the rulings and the process of deriving the rulings. Ittiba’ necessitates seeking out the truth (haqq), in contrast to taqleed, which is uncritical following of a qualified scholarship, and talfeeq, which is seeking out and following the concessions in each madhahib. Ittiba’ promotes an attachment to what is contained in the Qur’an and Sunnah rather than allegiance to a particular individual or madhab. Ittiba’ is not about going after the concessions but about going after the evidences and usool, so if an individual was following one particular opinion for all of his life but a new one was presented to him, he may take that new opinion based on the daleel regardless of whether this new opinion makes things harder or easier on him. Qabeelat Tayybah TCE Notes Revolution 109

Rulings of Fatwa and Mufti • The etiquette of Fatwa