Linguistically,
taqleed means: Placing something around the neck, which encircles the neck.
Technically it means: Following he whose sayings is not a proof (hujjah).
"Indeed
the people of Truth and the Sunnah do not follow anyone [unconditionally] except
the messenger of Allaah SAW, the one who does not speak from his desires - it is
only revelation revealed to him."
what
is sayings of Imaams and true scholars regarding Taqleed (blind following) of
the Madhabs