Legislation in Islamic government

The present book is one of the works of Ayatollah sobhani, concerning social rules as the basis of human society.

The author
Ayatollah Jafar   sobhani  Tabrizi ,contemporary Iranian scholar. Born in 1930,  in Tabriz into a religious family. He studied in Persian literature, the  books “  Nasaab al- sebyan” , Abwab al- Jenan “ (the  doors of paradise) , “ Mo jam History” in the presence of “ Mirza Mahmud Fazel”.  Then he continued  his studies  in “ Tableiyeh school”  in Tabriz he was trained into presence  of great scholars : Ayatollah  Ruhallah khomenini, sheikh Hasan Nahwi and Mirza Muhammad Ali Modems khiyabani  Ayatollah sobhani is the founder of “ the center of Islamic  theological studies” and also one of the great teachers in “ Qom seminary.

His works

1- Theological books and Mujam al- Mutakallemin
2- Mosoueh
3- The eternal  light
4- wahhabism. etc.

The book structure

The author in this book explains the qualifications of legislator. Then he intends the following subjects:

1- The method of legislator in Islamic government

2- The role of endeavour (Ijterhad)

3- The fixed and the changeable rules

4- The role of the Islamic Consultative Assembly

5- Divergence of views in “fatwa” (Religious edict issued by on Ayatollah) in Islamic government, and the solution

6- How the efficient religion of   Islamic government is determined?

7- The rights of religious minorities in the Islamic government   

8-Jurisconsults (Faqih) and Ayatollah Shiite clergyman qualified to issue fatwa

The book was published in 1985 in Qom –Iran. 

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