A CURSORY GLANCE AT THE THEORY OF WILAYAT AL-FAQIH

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First Pages a1
Foreword 1
Preface 3
Chapter 1 7
Wilāyat al-Faqīh: Exigency and Presuppositions 0
The importance of discussing wilāyat al-faqīhpres 0
The academic status of the question of wilāyat al-faqīh 9
The presuppositions of the theory of wilāyat al-faqīh 10
1. The need for government 0
2. The legitimacy to govern is inherent in no individual or group 11
3. God as the only essential source of legitimacy 12
4. The inseparability of religion and politics 14
Chapter 2 17
The Relationship between Religion and Politics 0
Secularism 0
The early development of secularism 18
Secularism viewed from outside religion 21
Assessing the relationship between religion and politics 22
The ‘minimal’ or ‘maximal’ nature of religion 30
Chapter 3 37
The Role of the People in the Islamic Government 0
The meaning of ‘legitimacy’ [mashrū‘iyyah] 38
Acceptability [maqbūliyyah] 0
The relationship between legitimacy and acceptability 39
The role of the people in the Islamic government 0
The basis of legitimacy of government after the time of the Prophet of Islam (ṣ) according to the Ahl al-Sunnah 41
The Shī‘ah viewpoint regarding the basis of legitimacy of the rulers and governments after the Holy Prophet (ṣ) 43
1. The period of the presence of the Infallible Imāms (‘a) 0
2. The period of occultation [ghaybah] and non-presence of the Infallible Imāms (‘a) 46
Two prerequisites for conducting this research 48
Searching for the correct view about the role of the people in the government during the period of occultation [‘aṣr al-ghaybah] 50
Reviewing and commenting on two other views 53
Chapter 4 59
Arguments for Wilāyat al-Faqīh 0
Ontological guardianship [wilāyat at-takwīniyyah] and legislative guardianship [wilāyat at-tashrī‘iyyah] 0
Is wilāyat al-faqīh founded on imitation [taqlīd] or on research [taḥqīq]? 61
The proofs substantiating wilāyat al-faqīh 63
Intellectual proofs 0
The first intellectual proof 0
The second intellectual proof 67
Transmitted proofs 71
Chapter 5 79
The Concept of Absolute Guardianship of the Jurist [Wilāyat al-Faqīh al-Muṭlaqah] 0
“Absolute Guardianship” 0
Wilāyat al-faqīh and the Constitution 85
Marja‘iyyah and wilāyat al-faqīh 89
‘Guardianship of the Jurist’ [wilāyat al-faqīh] or ‘Guardianship of the Most Qualified Jurist’ [wilāyat al-afqah]? 95
Chapter 6 99
The Assembly of Experts and Wilāyat al-Faqīh 0
Why the Assembly of Experts? 0
The problem of circularity 103
The experts and types of specialization 110
The paradox of discharge 114
Index 117

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