From Muhammad ibn ‘Ubaydah who said: Abu al-Hasan (peace be upon him) said to me, “O Muhammad, are you (the Shia) more given to Taqlid, or are the Murji’ah (Sunnis)?” I replied, “We perform Taqlid and they perform Taqlid.” He said, “That is not what I asked you.” I had no better answer than my first, so Abu al-Hasan (peace be upon him) said: “The Murji’ah appointed a man whose obedience was not made obligatory, and they performed Taqlid of him. But you appointed a man whose obedience was made obligatory, then you did not perform Taqlid of him — so their Taqlid is stronger than yours.” [Al-Kafi] عن محمد بن عبيدة قال: قال لي أبو الحسن عليه السلام، يا محمد أنتم أشد تقليدا أم المرجئة؟ قال: قلت قلدنا وقلدوا، فقال: لم أسألك عن هذا، فلم يكن عندي جواب أكثر من الجواب الأول فقال أبو الحسن عليه السلام: إن المرجئة نصبت رجلا لم تفرض طاعته وقلدوه وأنتم نصبتم رجلا وفرضتم طاعته ثم لم تقلدوه فهم أشد منكم تقليدا.