Taqlid: Can One Follow a Non-Aʿlam Mujtahid While the Aʿlam Is Alive?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Taqlid: Can One Follow a Non-Aʿlam Mujtahid While the Aʿlam Is Alive?

English:

Question #19

May one follow a mujtahid who is not the most learned when the most learned mujtahid is alive?

Answer #19

There is no problem in referring to the mujtahid who is not the most learned concerning issues in which his fatwā does not disagree with that of the most learned.

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