The development of Shia jurists' thoughts about political power

Subject Areas : فصلنامه مطالعات میان رشته ای فقه

Hassan Abbaszadeh ¹ , Hossein Ahmari ² , Mohammad Reza Javaheri ³

1 - PhD student, Department of Fiqh and Fundamentals of Islamic Law, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Fiqh and Basics of Islamic Law, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran. (Responsible author and supervisor)
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Fiqh and Basics of Islamic Law, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran. (Advisor Professor).

Received: 2022-08-25 Accepted : 2023-02-07 Published : 2023-09-23

Keywords: Islamic government, Ijtihad, Political Power, Shia theology,

Abstract :

In Islamic jurisprudence, there is a very important issue under the title of Islamic government, which is the distinguishing feature of the rules of Islamic law compared to other religions. In fact, in the teachings and opinions of Islamic jurists, the concept of political power has been recognized through the recognition of Islamic government. In the meantime, Shia jurists refrained from dealing with the issue of political power as one of the basic and main issues of Shia jurisprudence due to the specific socio-political conditions from the time of the beginning of Islam until the establishment of the first Shia governments. But after the formation of Shiite governments, the issue of political power became one of the most important issues in the field of political jurisprudence. The purpose of the current research, which was collected with descriptive-analytical method and library tools, is to analyze and evaluate the concept of political power in the thought of Shiite jurists. In the end, in light of the evolution of Shia thoughts, it is witnessed that in Shia political jurisprudence, given the openness of ijtihad from its outset to the present time, there have always been new mechanisms for ruling in the society, so that after the Infallible (pbuh), depending on historical conditions, other jurists and Islamic scholars have proposed various theories about political power.