If the duly competent Faqih was a person of authority and the situation was conducive so that this ruler could establish a government, according to the proofs we have stated, obedience to him is obligatory and opposing his rule is unlawful because the Imam of the Age (A) said: ‘He is my argument against you’…
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A duly competent jurist, viz…
A duly competent jurist, viz. the faqih who possesses the two qualities of God-wariness [taqwa] and expertise in governing society and ensuring its welfare has a greater authority than any other person. Hence, a duly competent jurist is the best and most appropriate person who has gained the permission of God, the Exalted, and infallible…
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When we have no access to an Infallible…
When we have no access to an Infallible or the government led by an Infallible one, we have to turn to a duly competent jurist [faqih jami‘ ash-sharayit] who has the right to rule, and when such a person is found in the society, the rule of others will not be legitimate or permissible. SOURCE:…
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A duly competent jurist is the best…
A duly competent jurist is the best and most appropriate person who has gained the permission of God, the Exalted, and infallible saints [awliya’] (A) to implement the social laws of Islam when the people are deprived of an infallible leader. SOURCE: A CURSORY GLANCE AT THE THEORY OF WILAYAT AL-FAQIH | AYATOLLAH MISBAH YAZDI…
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The well-known view or the overwhelmingly…
The well-known view or the overwhelmingly dominant opinion of the fuqaha that the duly competent jurist [faqih] has the right to rule during the period of occultation by the general designation of the Imam of the Age (A) does not mean the Imam’s appointment of a specific person or a particular jurist, but that the…
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