جمعه 7 اردیبهشت 1403

14 August 2023

An Iranian Seminary Scholar: One of the reasons of incident of Ashura was opposing the ideology of Wilayat

A teacher of seminary of Fereydan County of Iran said that there are few people which are against the ideology of wilayat. These people are not only against the idea of wilayat but they are also fighting against this ideology of Islam. They have been supporting distress and war in specific countries and want a system of their own.


Seminary of Fereydan County of Iran organized a political session on the topic of wilayat. It is worth mentioning that a famous teacher of Iran Hujjat ul Islam Malik Akbari, other teachers, employees and students attended the session.
The Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist, also called the Governance of the Jurist (Wilayat E Faqih), is a post-Age-of-Occultation theory in Shia Islam which holds that Islam gives a faqīh (Islamic jurist) custodianship over people. One interpretation – Limited Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist – holds that guardianship should be limited to non-litigious matters (al-omour al-hesbiah) including religious endowments (Waqf) judicial matters and the property for which no specific person is responsible. Another – Absolute Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist – maintains that Guardianship should include all issues for which Prophet of Islam and Shi'a Imam have responsibility, including governance of the country. The idea of guardianship as rule was advanced by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in a series of lectures in 1970 and now forms the basis of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The constitution of Iran calls for a faqih, or Vali-ye faqih (Guardian Jurist), to serve as the Supreme Leader of the government. In the context of Iran, Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist is often referred to as "rule by the jurisprudent", or "rule of the Islamic jurist".
Malik Akbari addressed to the session and said that the war against wilayat was one of the reasons of incident of Ashura.He said that some people are directly fighting the idea of Wilayat and some people are involved indirectly by promoting war in specific countries.