مَن يَجوزُ تَقليدُهُ Those who are permitted to be emulated

3ـ الإمامُ العسكريُّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ بَعدَ تَقبِيحِ تَقلِيدِ عَوامِ اليَهودِ لِعُلَماءِ الفَسَقَةِ ـ: فَمَن قَلَّدَ مِن عَوامِّنا مِثلَ هؤلاءِ الفُقَهاءِ فَهُم مِثلُ اليَهودِ الذينَ ذَمَّهُمُ اللّه‏ُ بالتَّقليدِ لِفَسَقَةِ فُقَهائهِم، فَأمّا مَن كانَ مِن الفُقَهاءِ صائنا لنفسِهِ حافِظاً لِدينِهِ مُخالِفاً على هَواهُ مُطِيعاً لأمرِ مَولاهُ، فلِلعَوامِّ أن يُقَلِّدُوهُ، وذلكَ لا يكونُ إلّا بَعضَ فُقَهاءِ الشِّيعَةِ لا جَميعَهُم.


3– Imam Hasan al-`Aaskari (AS), after condemning the common Jews imitating their corrupt scholars, said, ‘Whoever from our common people follow the likes of these jurists are like the Jews who were criticized by Allah for their imitation of their corrupt jurists. So, whoever from among the jurists safeguards himself, is protective of his religion, opposes his temptations, is obedient to his Master’s commands, then the common people must emulate him, and this is only [applicable to] some of the shi`aa jurists, not all of them.’[al-Ihtijaj, v. 2, p. 510, no. 337]