Analysis of Intellectuals’ Basis in “Reference of the Ignorant to the Learned” with the “Behavioristic” Method and its Comparison to “Reference of the Imitator to the Legal Authority”
Journal Title: فقه و اصول - Year 2017, Vol 48, Issue 107
Abstract
Given that the most principle reason for imitation (taqlīd) is the intellectual basis in “the reference of the ignorant to the learned” and, in one respect, reliance on one’s personal conjectures and bringing up an “intellectual basis” claim without (presenting) valid document on this subject has become a source of incorrect judgments, it is attempted in this article to delve into “the intellectual basis in the reference of the ignorant to the learned” through exploring the methods of acquiring the intellectual basis with the use of behavioristic method. The outcome achieved includes instances such as: distinction between “reference to the specialist” and “reference of the ignorant to the learned”, and regarding the needs of collective living and personal certainty as the source for the appearance of such sīra by the jurists. And finally, by analyzing the term taqlīd (imitation from legal authority) in jurisprudence and principles and comparing the outcomes resulting from behaviorism with “reference of the ignorant to the legal authority”, what can be attributed to the attitude of the intellectual is the no-devotional reference of the client (the referring person), which is something other than the connotative taqlīd
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Abulqasem Alidoost, Sayyid Reza Shirazi
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