Introduction

Evidence Against the Authority of Deceased Jurists

First Evidence: Most Unattributed Branches Are Not Accepted

Second Evidence: Many Reports Are Not Recognized by Our Scholars

Third Evidence: Reliance Cannot Be Through Intermediaries

Fourth Evidence: Reliance on Jurists Requires Examining Intermediaries

Fifth Evidence: A Jurist Cannot Act on Another's Fatwa

Sixth Evidence: Justice is Required for Each Intermediary

Seventh Evidence: Reports Cannot Be Selectively Taken

Eighth Evidence: Uncertainty in Following a Non-Specified Jurist

Ninth Evidence: Equal Validity of Living and Deceased Jurists is Problematic

Tenth Evidence: Following the Deceased Applies Only to Specific Issues

Eleventh Evidence: Jurisprudential Evidence is Presumptive

Twelfth Evidence

Thirteenth Evidence: Knowledge Changes After Death

Fourteenth Evidence: Deceased Opinions Are Not Valid in Consensus

Evidence Supporting the Authority of Deceased Jurists

First Evidence: Hadith Foundations Documented by Imams' Companions

Second Evidence: Books on Narrators Include Critique and Praise

Third Evidence: Scholars Invested Efforts in Writing and Reading

Fourth Evidence: Generality in the Warning Verse

Fifth Evidence: Issues Arising from a Jurist's Death Between Prayers

Sixth Evidence: Jurisprudential Books Clarify Hadith Meanings

Seventh Evidence: Imam's Judge Must Be a Jurist

Eighth Evidence: Deriving Legal Rulings is Like Foundational Principles

Ninth Evidence: Following Precedes Independent Jurisprudence

Tenth Evidence: Discussion on the Two Types of Subjects

On the Ignorant Following a Deceased Jurist and Their Excuse

First Argument: Ignorance is Excused Except Where Evidence Excludes

Second Argument: Some Rulings are Necessarily Established in Islam

Third Argument: God Did Not Obligate the Ignorant to Learn

Fourth Argument: Many Ignorant People Learned from Their Parents

Fifth Argument: No Difference Between Abandoning Prayer and Invalid Prayer

Sixth Argument: People's Conditions Align in Knowledge and Ignorance

Seventh Argument: Faith Has Degrees Based on Actions

Eighth Argument: Intention is Sufficient for Valid Worship

Ninth Argument: Discussion on the Prohibition of Ignorant Prayer

Tenth Argument: Knowledge is Hidden Until It Reaches the Obligor

Eleventh Argument: Obligating Groups to Follow a Living Jurist is Burdensome

Introduction to the Twelfth Argument

First Issue

Second Issue: Permissibility of Using Presumptive Inferences

Third Issue: Basis of Legal Rulings

Fourth Issue: Validity of Priority and Specified Cause Analogy

Fifth Issue: Deriving Rulings from the Quran

Sixth Issue: Determining Initial Obligations

Seventh Issue: Early Scholars' Views on Jurisprudence and Tradition

Eighth Issue: Presumption and Original Innocence in Disputes

Ninth Issue: Disputes Between Traditionalists and Fundamentalists

Tenth Issue: Caution and Its Implementation

Eleventh Issue: Discussion on the Authentic Hadith Dispute

Conclusion of the Abrogator