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
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
associatedWithCountry Iran
surface form: Islamic Republic of 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 Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
surface form: Velayat‑e Faqih

Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
surface form: Wilayat al‑Faqih
hasNameInArabic ولاية الفقيه
historicalDevelopmentPeriod 20th century
implementedInPoliticalSystem political system of the Islamic Republic of Iran
influencedBy Shia jurisprudence (fiqh)
Usuli school
surface form: Usuli school of Shia thought
influences Iranian constitutional structure
Iranian domestic legislation
Iranian foreign policy
influentialProponent Ruhollah Khomeini
involvesInstitution Assembly of Experts
Guardian Council
Supreme Leader of Iran
legitimacySourceClaimed Sharia
surface form: Islamic law (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
marja'iyya (system of religious authorities)
surface form: 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 Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
this entity surface form: Velayat-e Faqih
Rahbar relatedConcept Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
this entity surface form: Velayat-e Motlaqeh-ye Faqih
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran centralDoctrine Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
this entity surface form: velayat-e faqih
Assembly of Experts selectionPrinciple Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
this entity surface form: velayat-e faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist)
Ruhollah Khomeini ideology Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
this entity surface form: Velayat-e Faqih
Ruhollah Khomeini notableWork Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
this entity surface form: Hokumat-e Islami: Velayat-e Faqih
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist hasAlternativeName Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
this entity surface form: Wilayat al‑Faqih
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist hasAlternativeName Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
this entity surface form: Velayat‑e Faqih
Supreme Leadership of Iran ideologicalBasis Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
this entity surface form: Velayat-e Faqih
Supreme Leadership of Iran relatedConcept Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
judicial branch of Iran ideologicalBasis Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
this entity surface form: Velayat-e Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist)
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ideology Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
this entity surface form: Velayat-e Faqih
Occultation linkedConcept Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
this entity surface form: Wilayat al-faqih