تجلي ولايت مطلقه فقيه در سيره عملي آخوند خراساني

• Manifestaion of Absolute Guardianship of Jurist (Wilayat al-Faqih) in the Practical Lifestyle of Akhund Khorasani

Akhund Khorasani is one of the religious scholars who believes in absolute guardianship of Muslim jurist during the Occultation (Ghaybah) period. Recently, some writers have tried with a political motive to make a contrast between Akhund Khorasaniʹs view and that of Imam Khomeini, assuming that Akhund Khorasani denies the idea of guardianship of jurist. The present essay confirms, through the evidence provided by the author, that Akhund Khorasaniʹs has a strong and deep belief in the absolute authority of guardian jurist and answers are given to the doubts raised in this respect. This paper tries to shed light on Akhund Khorasaniʹs practical lifestyle by underlining the difference between a governmental judgment and a legal injunction, judicial judgment and enjoining good and forbidding evil and the status and dignity of faqihs. He issued a lot of judgments by authority {ahkam walaʹi) in various political, social and cultural aspects. Such judgments like the necessity of supporting Ayatollah Lari on the basis of Umar ibn Handhalaʹs accepted opinion, the judgement on dismissing Taqizadeh from National Consultative Assembly (Majlis Shura-ye Melli) and banishing him from the country, the judgment of toppling Muhammad Ali Shahʹs government and declaring that it is unlawful to pay tax to his despotic government, the judgment of establishing a new parliament, the order of amnesty etc.; all indicate that Akhund Khorasani not only believed in absolute guardianship of jurist but also put it into practice. In addition to Akhund, other religious scholars approved his judgments and considered following them as obligatory and ignoring them as unlawful as ignoring the commands of Imam Mahdi