A Critique of the Ruling of al-TaqlidAbu Dwd stated that Amad said to him, Do not make taqld of me, nor Mlik, al Shfi, al Awz or al Thawr; rather take from where they took. [Masil al Imm Amad (pp. 276 277). Nawb iddq asan Khan relays, He was the judge of the congregation, the shaykh of al Islam, the muhaqqiq, the allmah, the imm, the suln of the ulam, the imm of the world, the seal of the uff (i. e. major adth scholars) without dispute, the proof for debaters, the supreme in isnd and the