The Blind Following The Blind?

Bismillah (In The Name of Allaah)

Dear Reader,

Why would someone say that the seeker in knowledge must stay away from fatwa and stick with only the Quran and hadith? And to not read books of the scholars as one may misunderstand them without this person teaching it to them?

Is this not only promoting blind following but also getting in between the seeker of knowledge and the scholars? It is through our righteous scholars (ra) we are able to get closer to our Lord.

How many times I have seen those who misunderstand the hadith and the Quran due to them not knowing the proper context of the hadith and Quran! Sub'han Allah. May Allah guide us all, forgive us and bless us with proper understanding of the religion.

And this leads me to the issue of taqlid: "Taqlid or taqleed (Arabic تَقْليد taqlīd) is an Arabic term meaning "to follow (someone)" or "to imitate". In Islamic legal terminology it refers to the practice of following the decisions of a religious authority without necessarily examining the scriptural basis or reasoning of that decision. In Islamic theology taqlid of someone regarded as a higher religious authority (e.g. an 'ālim) is acceptable in the details of the laws of the religion (shariah), such as matters of worship and personal affairs. "

Taqleed of the one who is not able to research the evidences and derive rulings from it, to a scholar who has been endowed the skill of ijtihaad in the evidences of the sharee’ah. This is permissible, due to His saying, the Most High, "Allah does not burden a soul more than it can bear," and His saying, the Exalted, "Then ask the people of remembrance [scholars] if you do not know," and other texts similar to these, which point to the removing of difficulty and the protection of the one responsible, from straying about in the rulings and speaking about Allah without knowledge.

Permanent Committee for Research and Verdicts
Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Shaykh `Abdullah bin Ghudayaan
Shaykh `Abdur-Razzaaq al-`Afeefee
The Fataawaa of The Standing Committee for Islamic Research and Ifta, No. 11296

What do you think of this situation?