Taqlid: Can One Follow a Mujtahid Who Isn’t a Marji‘ or Has No Risālah?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Taqlid: Can One Follow a Mujtahid Who Isn’t a Marji‘ or Has No Risālah?

English:

Question #9

Is it permissible to follow a mujtahid who is not a marji‘ and does not have a book on practical laws?

Answer #9

If it is proven for a mukallaf, who wants to follow this mujtahid, that he is a qualified mujtahid, there will be no problem in following him. In other words, being a marji‘ or having a book on practical laws of Islam are not conditions for the taqlīd of a qualified mujtahid to be correct.

- Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules of Taqlid, Conditions of Taqlid