In Islamic canon law, the unquestioning acceptance of legal precedent.
The interpretation of taql 012B; d varies widely among the major schools of Islamic law. Taql 012B; d is compulsory for Sh 012B; ite s. Of the four Sunnite legal schools, views are mixed; most scholars of the Sh 0101; fi 02BD; 012B; , M 0101; lik 012B; , and 1E24; anaf 012B; schools embrace taql 012B; d , but those of the 1E24; anbal 012B; do not view the opinions of earlier scholars as necessarily binding. Support for the practice is based mainly on the belief that early Muslim scholars, being closer in time to Muhammad , were in the best position to derive authoritative legal opinions.