Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist

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Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist is a Shia Islamic political doctrine that grants ultimate religious and political authority to a senior Islamic jurist as the supreme leader of the state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic legal doctrine ⓘ
Shia Islamic political doctrine ⓘ
religious governance theory ⓘ
addressesTheologicalProblem leadership during occultation of the Twelfth Imam ⓘ
articulatedInWork Hukumat‑e Islami (Islamic Government) ⓘ
associatedWithBranchOfIslam Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ
linked to: Twelver Shia
associatedWithCountry Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Iran
centralConcept ultimate authority of an Islamic jurist ⓘ
claimsContinuityWith authority of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
authority of the Shia Imams ⓘ
codifiedIn Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
combinesAuthorityTypes judicial authority ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
religious authority ⓘ
contrastedWith constitutional monarchy ⓘ
liberal democracy ⓘ
separation of religion and state ⓘ
corePrinciple jurist as guardian of the community ⓘ
oversight of all branches of government by the jurist ⓘ
unity of religious and political leadership ⓘ
criticizedFor concentration of power in one jurist ⓘ
limitations on popular sovereignty ⓘ
potential for authoritarian rule ⓘ
definesRoleAs supreme leader of the state ⓘ
developedBy Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ
grantsAuthorityTo senior Islamic jurist ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Velayat‑e Faqih ⓘ
Wilayat al‑Faqih ⓘ
hasNameInArabic ولاية الفقيه ⓘ
historicalDevelopmentPeriod 20th century ⓘ
implementedInPoliticalSystem political system of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
influencedBy Shia jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
Usuli school of Shia thought ⓘ
linked to: Usuli school
influences Iranian constitutional structure ⓘ
Iranian domestic legislation ⓘ
Iranian foreign policy ⓘ
influentialProponent Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ
involvesInstitution Assembly of Experts ⓘ
Guardian Council ⓘ
Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ
legitimacySourceClaimed Islamic law (Sharia) ⓘ
linked to: Sharia

divine authority ⓘ
opposedBy advocates of quietist Shia political thought ⓘ
some Shia clerics in Najaf ⓘ
relatedConcept Islamic constitutionalism ⓘ
Islamic government ⓘ
theocracy ⓘ
requiresLeaderQualification Islamic jurist (faqih) ⓘ
expertise in Islamic law (fiqh) ⓘ
justice and piety ⓘ
marjaʿ‑e taqlid (source of emulation) ⓘ
political and social acumen ⓘ
supportedBy some Shia clerics in Iran ⓘ

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Government of Iran → constitutionalPrinciple → Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist ⓘ
Rahbar → ideologicalFoundation → Velayat-e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Rahbar → relatedConcept → Velayat-e Motlaqeh-ye Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran → centralDoctrine → velayat-e faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Assembly of Experts → selectionPrinciple → velayat-e faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist) ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Ruhollah Khomeini → ideology → Velayat-e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Ruhollah Khomeini → notableWork → Hokumat-e Islami: Velayat-e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist → hasAlternativeName → Wilayat al‑Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist → hasAlternativeName → Velayat‑e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Supreme Leadership of Iran → ideologicalBasis → Velayat-e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Supreme Leadership of Iran → relatedConcept → Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist ⓘ
judicial branch of Iran → ideologicalBasis → Velayat-e Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist) ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps → ideology → Velayat-e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Occultation → linkedConcept → Wilayat al-faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi → ideology → Velayat-e faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Supreme Leader of Iran → ideology → Velayat-e faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Ali Khamenei → ideology → Velayat-e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran → ideology → Velayat-e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Article 107 of the Constitution of Iran → concerns → Islamic leadership (Velayat-e Faqih) ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Article 111 of the Constitution of Iran → concernsOffice → Leadership (Velayat-e Faqih) ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Islamic Republican Party → promoted → velayat-e faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Axis of Resistance → influencedBy → Wilayat al-Faqih doctrine ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Liwa Fatemiyoun → ideology → Wilayat al-Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Hukumat‑e Islami (Islamic Government) → mainSubject → Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist ⓘ
Hukumat‑e Islami (Islamic Government) → mainSubject → Velayat‑e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Hukumat‑e Islami (Islamic Government) → alternativeName → Islamic Government: Governance of the Jurist ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Hukumat‑e Islami (Islamic Government) → supportsConcept → Velayat‑e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Iranian security forces → ideology → Velayat-e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Ebrahim Raisi → ideology → Velayat-e faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Combatant Clergy Association → supports → Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist ⓘ
Shahid Beheshti → ideology → Velayat-e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Iranian conservatives → supports → Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist ⓘ
Sepah → ideology → Velayat-e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
IRGC Ground Forces → ideology → Velayat-e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
IRGC Intelligence Organization → ideology → Velayat-e Faqih ⓘ
linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist