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[[Shaykh Yusuf al-Bahrani]] (d. 1186 A.H./ 1772) adopted a methodology in between Akhbarism and Usulism. Al-Bahrani claimed that the methodology of fiqh should be in accordance with [[Muhammad Taqi al-Majlisi]]'s method that provides a middle way between Akhbarism and Usulism. [[Vahid al-Bihbahani]] explicitly opposed al-Bahrani, forbidding people from saying prayers under his leadership. Shaykh Yusuf al-Bahrani, as the leader of Akhbaris, asked them not to sharply oppose and criticize Usulis in order to prevent a split and conflict among Shiite scholars.

Some people have considered [[Mulla Muhsin al-Fayd al-Kashani]] (d. 1091 A.H./ 1680) as an Akhbari scholar. He says: "we follow the Quran and Hadiths, and we do not know anything else". Though in this text he seems to oppose Sufism, rather than ijtihad and usul, he also maintains that the minds of ordinary (non-infallible or non-ma'sum) people are imperfect and unreliable. In some of his work, such as al-Kalamat al-maknuna, al-Fayd has explicitly attacked ijtihad and the method of usul. A consideration of such remarks assures us that he has tendencies to Akhbarism. He holds that Usulis, by establishing the method of usul, have made divine obligations too difficult—they have issued verdicts about things that God did not say anything about, in fact it was part of divine wisdom to remain silent about those things.

[[Muhammad Taqi al-Majlisi]] (d. 1070 A.H./ 1660) has been a moderate proponent of Akhbarism, and he is said to have explicitly defended the doctrines of Muhammad Amin al-Astarabadi.

[[Mulla Khalil b. Ghazi al-Qazvini]] (d. 1089 A.H./ 1678), contemporary with [[Shaykh al-Hurr al-'Amili]], [[Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi]] and [[Mulla Muhsin al-Fayd al-Kashani]], and a pupil of [[Shaykh al-Baha'i]] and [[Mir Damad]], opposed and denied the method of ijtihad.

And [[Shaykh al-Hurr al-'Amili]] (d. 1104 A.H./ 1693) has referred to his Akhbari tendencies at the end of his well-known work in hadith, Wasa'il al-shia.