Imam and Governance
A Gathering Discussing Imam Khomeini’s Jurisprudential School of Thought
The Imam’s opinion and views on governance and the difference between a fagih’s ruling and a governmental ruling are of great importance in jurisprudential governance. The Imam’s jurisprudential school of thought discusses the matter of governance, politics and power at length. Hujjat al-Islam Sa’eed Ziya’ei Fard, who is a howza intellectual and researcher, talked about the Imam’s jurisprudential school of thought at the gathering discussing Imam Khomeini’s jurisprudential school of thought.
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Date: 2012/01/09
Hujjat al-Islam Sa’eed Ziya’ei Fard, who is a howza intellectual and researcher said the following in the gathering discussing Imam Khomeini’s jurisprudential school of thought: “The phrase ‘school of thought’ has not been around for long and started to be used two centuries ago. This phrase is used to represent the views of a group or person, who have a great difference of opinion in subjects regarding the sources and their aims in religion….In regards to the concept of jurisprudence in governance, Imam Khomeini maintains that Islam is a government and its rulings are the laws. These rulings are branches of governance. The rulings are sought after matters, and provide the way to establish a government and justice.”
The Howza News Agency further reports that, this intellectual added: “The late Imam expressed this view in 1970. Thus in order to fully understand the jurisprudential views of the Imam, we need to put such matters alongside his books, letters, statements, and speeches, and then try to appreciate his opinions.”
Ziya’ei Fard also mentioned that the aim of this gathering was not only to make Imam Khomeini’s views clear, discover them and discuss them. “Jurisprudential governance, which is one of the main topics in the Imam’s jurisprudential school of thought, is different to a governance look at jurisprudence, the jurisprudence of governance and the rulings of government.”
Hujjat al-Islam Ziya’ei Fard further added: “In general governance is more particular than politics. This means that a government takes some measure in order to manage society, however power and politics deals with more issues and matters. Jurisprudential politics has to do with the section of jurisprudence that has to do with power and its relations…The legislator’s ruling holds for all times and places, however a governmental ruling is for a particular place and a particular time, and is of the voluntary type of ruling, not a forced type of ruling. ”
He also added: “The jurisprudential views of the Imam, especially his opinions concerning governance jurisprudence, have to do with the individual and society. Furthermore most of his concepts regarding governance jurisprudence are mostly to do with social matters…the late Mir Fattah Maragha’ei has mentioned 20 bases of jurisprudence related to negating sabeel in his book Anaween. If one takes a brief look at these bases one finds that they are all concerned with the relationships of an individual and not government. However the Imam has listed ten issues regarding the negation of sabeel when discussing the matters related to enjoining the good and forbidding the evil. In other words the Imam has based his views on the concept of making them related to one another. ”
Hujjat al-Islam Ziya’ei Fard, also stated: “The late Imam was of the view that rulings had to be practical and held that the laws which were issued by a fagih had to be practical in the society and for the individual.”