The just ruler in Shi'ite Islam : the comprehensive authority of the jurist in Imamite jurisprudence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sachedina, Abdulaziz Abdulhussein, 1942- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics.

Sunnites--Relations--Shīʻah.

Sunnites.

Shīʻah--Relations--Sunnites.

Shīʻah.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 281 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the revolution of 1978-79, the Islamic regime has justified its rule on the basis of the doctrine of ""righteous jurist"". The author of this study shows this concept to have no parallel in Sunni Islam and seeks its origins in the Sunni/Shi'ite schism following the death of the Prophet.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Deputyship of the ShĪ'ite Imams; 2. The Imamite Jurists, Leaders of the imāmiyya; 3. The Imamite Theory of Political Authority; 4. The Deputyship of Jurists in wilāyat al-qadā' (Administration of Juridical Authority); 5. The Comprehensive wilāya of the Jurists; 6. Conclusion; Appendix: The Imam's Share in the Fifth (al-khums) during the Occultation; Glossary; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Originally published: 1988.

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Contains:

Sultān al-ʻādil in Shīʻite Islam.

ISBN:

0-19-773982-2

0-19-535329-3

0-585-32548-0

OCLC:

476013757