List Books » The Just Ruler in Shi'ite Islam: The Comprehensive Authority of the Jurist in Imamite Jurisprudence
Authors: Abdulaziz Abdulhussein Sachedina
ISBN-13: 9780195119152, ISBN-10: 0195119150
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: October 1998
Edition: New Edition
University of Virginia
The Islamic regime that came to power after the 1978-79 Iranian revolution justified the rule of the Ayatollah Khomeini, and the Shi'ite imams in general, on the basis of the doctrine that the Islamic jurist is best suited to rule with justice in an Islamic country. Arguing that this concept has no apparent parallel in Sunni Islam, this study explores its origins in the Sunni/Shi'ite schism, which took place after the death of the Prophet, and traces its evolution to the present day. Drawing on exhaustive research in the Islamic libraries of Iran and Jordan, as well as discussions with leading jurors and scholars in Iran, Sachedina presents the first in-depth analysis of an Islamic phenomenon of vital contemporary social and political significance.
Introduction | 3 | |
1 | The Deputyship of the Shi'ite Imams | 29 |
2 | The Imamite Jurists, Leaders of the imamiyya | 58 |
3 | The Imamite Theory of Political Authority | 89 |
4 | The Deputyship of Jurists in wilayat al-qada' (Administration of Juridical Authority) | 119 |
5 | The Comprehensive wilaya of the Jurists | 173 |
6 | Conclusion | 232 |
App | The Imam's Share in the Fifth (al-khums) during the Occultation | 237 |
Glossary | 246 | |
Notes | 251 | |
Selected Bibliography | 273 | |
Index | 277 |