person who used analogy was Iblis (l.a)
when he (l.a) said ‘Lord, you have
created me (l.a) from the fire and
created him (a.s) from clay’. He (l.a)
analogised fire with clay. If he (l.a) had
compared the light in Adam (a.s) and
the light of the fire, he would have
learned about the difference between
the two lights and the excellence of one
over the other'." Al-Kafi vol.1, H 176,
Ch.19, h20.
Imam Ja'far Al-Sadiq (a.s): "Recognize
the status of our (a.s) Shiites in
accordance with how many good
narrations they relate from us (a.s), for
we (a.s) do not consider the Faqih from
among them to be a Faqih unless they
are narrators of our (a.s) Ahadith." It
was said to him (a.s): "Is a believer a
narrator of Ahadith?" He (a.s) said: "He
is an understanding one; an
understanding one is a narrator of
Ahadith." Wasail ul-Shia H.33453.
*From the above hadith it is clear
that a Faqih is not one who practices
Ijtihad and therefore not a Mujtahid,
but a Faqih is STRICTLY one who has
knowledge of and narrates the
Ahadith of the Masoomeen (a.s).
Therefore if you require guidance on
any matter you are not to refer to a
mujtahid, but only to refer to a Faqih,
and a Faqih is only one who has
knowledge of - and refers the matters
to - the Book and
ahadith!!! Memorize and share from
40 Ahadith of the Masoomeen(asws)
and according to them(asws) you will
be raised as a Faqih yourself!!!
Can we call a Mujtahid a Faqih? OF
COURSE NOT!!! The two terms are far
from compatible. One is knowledgeable
based on the knowledge taken from the
Masoomeen (a.s) through knowledge of
the Book and Ahadith, while the other
by definition does Ijtihad with regards
to the Book and is left to resort to
analogy, opinion, guesswork, reason,
fallible logic, and as such he and those
who follow him are doomed!*
*Anyone who "Strives" in any cause is a
"Mujtahid" whether for good or evil, it is
not a title of any significance
WHATSOEVER!!! It means "one who
strives/makes effort" - from the same
root as the word "Jihad".*
The Rasool Allah (s.a.w): "One who
from my (s.a.w) community
memorizes forty Ahadith, benefits the
people by them, Allah (azwj) will send
him on the Day of Judgement as a
Faqih, a Knowledgeable one." - Wasail
ul Shia H. 33299.
Abu Abd Allah (a.s): "One who
memorizes from our (a.s) Ahadith,
forty Ahadith, Allah(azwj) will send
him on the Day of Judgement as a
Faqih, a Knowledgeable one." - Wasail
ul Shia H. 33293.
The Rasool Allah (s.a.w): "One who
learns some knowledge from one who
is firm in it is better than one who
prayed 1000 cycles of Prayer." - Wasail
ul Shia H. 33121.