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The science of ilm ul rijaal is not based on taqleed, and following the hadith is not the same as following the unsubstantiated opinion of a faqih.

To follow hadith directly you need to be a Shaykh ul hadith, know how the conflicting hadiths can be reconciled, and know all the volumes of hadith in great detail. You also have to have knowledge of the Quran. A faqih is someone who has filtered this for the layman. Salafis for example will happily deposit their money in a haram bank and they do not even have a halal alternative, they have taken the haram banking system as Islamic! Meanwhile Muslims are dominated by the kafirun while Salafis criticise and condemn other Muslims. All this was originally instigated by Muhammad Abduh and Jamaludin Afghani who were backed by the Western Kafirun in their drive to destroy Muslim unity and power and the Salafis today are useful idiots.