Siddiq Hasan Khan's Stance of Qur'anic Arguments Against Mimicry

Siddiq Hasan Khan (？. 1889/1307), is one of the leading Islamic scholars of India. He wrote many works in different branches of science. He made great contributions to India's becoming a center of science. He has expressed views on many religious issues. In most of these, has complied to salafi-？ salih. One of his most noteworthy views is his thoughts on mimicry. He has a very strict understanding of this issue. Therefore, he was criticized by many scholars. According to him, no matter what kind of non-muslims in a matter of imperative should not be applied in the mimicry of logic. Because it is ignorant, mimicry is considered ignorant it is to comply with others. According to him, imitation is not a reliable method of transmitting people to the right information. Because this method consists of obeying others in an unquestioned way. He suggests two solid methods instead of imitations. These are ittiba‘ and ？jtihad. People should obey the Qur'an, the sunnah and the salaf-i salih instead of mimicry them, or they should be ijtihad