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