The feast of guardianship

This book is one of the Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli’s works. This brief corpus excerpted from the works and valuable points that has been written by Ayatollah Javadi Amoli. The subject of this book is guardianship that has been explained briefly. These points and other volumes in this field, has been prepared by the suggestion of Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.

The biography of Ayatollah Abdullah Javadi Amoli
Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli was born in Amol Township ####in 1933A.D. (1312). His father and ancestor were islam preachers and held the Household in high esteem. Ayatollah Javadi Amoli after finishing the elementary school, entered Amol’s theological school in 1946A.D. (1325) and until 1950 A.D. (1329) had studied there. After that, he went to Mashhad’s theological school but because its seminarians (theological students) did not show any reverence for Mashhad’s great scholars, he left there and entered Tehran’s theological school. After entering to Marvi’s school, studied “Rasa-el” and “Makaseb”, then learned “kefayat Al-usul”, “rational and transmitted sciences” (ulume aghli and naghli) and after 5 years he left for Qom’s theological school and has been there up to now. One of his cultural services is “the establishment of “Esra” publishers and research Institution in 1993A.D. (1372). He was present in constituent assembly(majlese khobregan) of constitutional law and in the first and second period of constituent assembly of leadership. He also has been one of the teachers community members of Qom’s theological school and now he is in charge of prayer leader on Fridays of sacred township of "Qom".

His masters and friends: Ayatollah AzizollahTabaresi, Mirza Mahdi Mohi Al-din Elahi Ghomshei, Ayatollah Burujerdi, Imam Khomeni and Allameh Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Tabatabai, etc. He has many works such as: Tasnim, The commentary of Noble Quran, thematic commentary of Noble Quran, Rahighe Makhtom, Asrar Al-Salat, Sahbaye Hajj, Vilayat-e faqih, etc.

The book structure:
This book including six parts as follows:
1- part one: the fest of guardianship in Quran. This part including the following subjects:
-the best spiritual blessing
-Imamate
-the continuity of “prophetic mission” (resälat),
-“Jurist-consultant” (guardianship of the Islamic jurists or veläyate faghih),
-continuity of Imamate, etc.

2- Part two: the fest of guardianship in history: This part including the following subjects:
-The position of guardianship in religion
-To call to witness in the scene of “pound of Khumm” (ghadir khum),
-The priority of Divine guardian or master

3- Part three: winner of guardianship by his word: This part including:
-the high peak of perfection
-the explicit structure of guardianship
-the first follower to prophet (p.b.u.h.),
-the gate of science city, the prophet (p.b.u.h.),
-pure monotheism of Alawi, etc.

4- Part four: The first defender of guardianship: This part including:
-The vehement speech of prophet’s daughter (p.b.u.h.),
-Fatimä (p.b.u.h.) in sickbed, etc.

5- Part five: the heirs of Ghadir
6- part six: the importance and rules of guardianship’s fest

This book has been printed and published by Esra publishers center in Qom in 2000A.D. (1379S.H.). Its setting also has been done by Ali Islami.