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As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh,

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From the Jurisprudence perspective.

You ( The Mukallaf )  can only Start Taqlid (in matters concerning the laws of religion – apart from those that are indispensable and indisputable [such as the obligation to perform prayers (ṣalāh) ), of a living Marji ( The most learned Jurist ).

If you were already following a Marji. If a mujtahid whom a mukallaf is following [i.e. doing taqlīd of] dies, his authority after his death is the same as his authority when he was alive. Therefore, if he is more learned than a living mujtahid, a mukallaf who has a general notion about there being a difference of opinion between the two mujtahids in rulings (masāʾil) that he commonly encounters, even though he may not know what these differences are, must continue following him. However, in the event that a living mujtahid is more learned than him, he must refer to the living mujtahid.

اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم‎
(Allah(awj) Knows best)
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