Why taqleed (Followers) of  the schools of thoughts (madhaahib) of Imam's  Maalik, ash-Shaafi’ee, Abu  Haneefah, and Ahmad bin Hanbal. 
The fact is  that the Religion of the Messenger (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) is one and the Qur‘aan is one?

This Book deals with the issue of Madhab, the approach  is academic and non-confrontational. A must read if you want to understand this sometimes hotly debated issue.

Table of Contents

• The Nature of Taqleed
• The Concept of Taqleed in the Qur'an
• Taqleed in the Sunnah
• The Era of the Companions and Absolute Taqleed
• Taqleed of an Individual during the Time of the Companions and their Followers
• The Need for Following a Particular Imam
• Taqleed of an Individual
• Why the Four Schools of Thought
• The Different Levels of Taqleed
  • The Taqleed of the Lay Person
  • The Taqleed of an Expert Scholar
  • The Taqleed of a Scholar who is a Mujtahid in his School
  • The Taqleed of an Absolute Mujtahid
• Responses to Doubts Raised Against Taqleed
  • The Following of Forefathers is Condemned in the Qur'an
  • The Condemnation of Taqleed of Savants and Sages
  • The Hadith of Adi ibn Hatim, Radi-Allahu anhu
  • The Statement of Abdullah ibn Mas'ood, Radi-Allahu anhu
  • The Statements of Mujtahid Imams Themselves
• How Does a Lay Person Recognize a Mujtahid
• Is Taqleed a Defect?
• The Taqleed of an Individual and Following one's Whims and Fancies
• The Taqleed of an Individual and New Issues
• The Hanafi School of Thought and Ahadith
• Imam Abu Hanifa and his Knowledge of Hadith
• Inertia in Taqleed

Mufti Taqi Usmani is one of the leading Islamic scholars living today. Author of more than 40 books, he is an expert in the fields of Islamic law, Economics and Hadith. For the past 35 years, he has been teaching at the Darul-Uloom in Karachi that was established by his father Mufti Muhammad Shafi, the late Grand Mufti of Pakistan. He also holds a degree in law and has sat as Judge at the Shari'ah Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He is a consultant to several international Islamic financial institutions and has played a key part in the move toward interest free banking and the establishment of Islamic financial institutions. He is the deputy chairman of the Jeddah based Islamic Fiqh Council of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).