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Br Omar

if your retorting that they were men and they made mistakes then whats the difference in me following a Tabi'ee Imam Abu Hanifa [Ra] who was a real salafi?

whats the point of reading the books which you have posted because Allah [Azza Wa Jal] hasn't made it obligatory upon me to swift through the sources of Shariah to come to a ruling! Nor do i possess the capacity to know who is wrong and who is right

rather its obligatory upon me [the layman] to follow a Scholar whom the whole Ummah has agreed upon to follow...i.e. the Four Imams

Imam Ibn-Al Qayyim states in his book

I’ilam Al-Muwaqi’een [Vol. 2 p. 187 to 291]:

“…a Muslim is not straight on the guidance of Allah until he follows what Allah and His messenger decreed. So, we ask the Muqallid if he knows what Allah and His messenger said, in that case he is not a Muqallid [and there is no need to ask any body]. But, if he doesn’t know what Allah and His messenger said, then he admits he is ignorant and stray person, hence, how would he know that those whom he trusts are on the right guidance?! This is an answer to any questions they [Muqallids] provide in this issue"

hope that is sufficiant