Taqlid: Can I Return to Following Imam Khomeini After Choosing a Living Marji‘?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Taqlid: Can I Return to Following Imam Khomeini After Choosing a Living Marji‘?
English:
Question #38
After Imam Khomeini (q.) passed away, I thought it was not permissible, in accordance with his fatwā, to continue with following a deceased marji‘, and therefore, I chose a living marji‘ for taqlīd. Is it now permissible to return to the taqlīd of the late Imam (q.)?
Answer #38
Regarding issues in which you had changed to a living mujtahid, it is not permissible by caution for you to return to Imam’s (q.) taqlīd again. This is unless the fatwā of the living marji‘ is that it is obligatory to continue with following the most learned marji‘ who has passed on; and you are of the opinion that the late Imam (q.) was more knowledgeable than the living marji‘. Therefore, in this case it is obligatory for you to return to the late Imam’s taqlīd.