Firstly i would just like to say this is not a thread to bash salafis/ahle-hadith I am just wondering why they are referred to as ghair muqallids by others? To me they are not really ghair muqallids. They may not follow one of the 4 madhabs in their entirety but they do make taqleed of scholars else i would imagine they would all pray differently and all come up with different opinions but for the most part they all seem to follow the same rulings on fiqhi issues so are they really ghair muqallids?