Taqlid lug'atda boshqalarga fikr yuritmasdan ergashish degan ma'noni anglatadi. Fiqhiy istilohda esa u mujtahidning ijtihodiga, uni bog'lovchi dalil yoki hujjat bo'lmagan holda ergashishdir. Boshqacha aytganda, muqallid (taqlid qiluvchi shaxs) dalilni bilishi ham, bilmasligi ham mumkin. Bundan tashqari, kishi dalilni bilsa ham, o'sha dalilni qo'llashning sababini bilmasligi mumkin.

Taqleed linguistically means to follow others without thinking. As a juristic term it means to follow a Mujtahid‟s Ijtihad without a binding proof or argument. In other words, the Muqallid (a person who practices Taqleed) may or may not know the Daleel. In addition, one may not know the reason for using the Daleel even though they know the Daleel.

Taqlid qiluvchilarning ikki turi bor:

There are two types of Muqallid:

A. Muttabi‟a: Dalilni (dalil) bilib oluvchi, ya'ni mujtahid hukmlarga yetish uchun foydalangan dalilni o'rganadigan, ammo o'sha aniq dalilni nima uchun tanlaganini tushunishi shart bo'lmagan ergashuvchi.

A. Muttabi‟a: Is the follower who acquaints himself with the Daleel (evidence) used by the Mujtahid to arrive at the Ahkam but he does not have to comprehend the reason for using the specific Daleel.