Is prayer valid by following another (taqleed) if the time for learning and independent reasoning becomes limited?
Chapter on Facing the Qiblah
Al-Mughni
Book of Prayer
Primary text
If one delays learning and reasoning until the time for prayer becomes too restricted for learning and *ijtihad*, or for one of them, then prayer performed by following another (*taqleed*) is valid. This is analogous to one capable of learning the Fatiha who delays until the time becomes too restricted to learn it.