Today people want to do away first with Ṭarīqah, then with Madhāhib, then with Ḥadīth. They are munāfiq. It is necessary to have a madhhab until the time of Sayyidinā Mahdī (as). He tells the remarkable life story of Imām Shāfi‘ī (q) as an example of the incomparable excellence of these chosen men.