Khomeini Between Extremism And Moderation

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Khomeini And The Imamah   The dogma of Imamah is a pillar of the Shia faith and Khomeini has raised it to the status of the shahadatayn that the dying person should be reminded to recite. He says:   ويستحب تلقينه الشهادتين والاقرار بالائمة الاثنى عشر It is preferable to remind the dying person to recite the shahadatayn and to acknowledge the Twelve […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Khomeini And Extremisms Regarding The Imams   Khomeini states in mentioning the status of the Imams according to their belief:   فان للامام مقاما محمودا ودرجة سامية وخلافة تكوينية تخضع لولايتها وسيطرتها جميع ذرات هذا الكون The Imam occupies a glorious station and a supreme place and wields such a delegated authority of genesis that everything in this universe submits to his surpassing […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Khomeini And Acting On Behalf Of The Infallible Imam   The infallible Imam that the Shia await, believe his Imamah to be an extension of prophethood and his instruction like the revealed word. Khomeini opines that a Faqih Mujtahid will act as a representative of this fictitious and imaginary Imam in all aspects besides that of jihad. In support of his view he […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Khomeini And The Islamic Jihad Becoming Obsolete   Khomeini believed that representation of the Imam was true in all aspects besides that of jihad. He says:   في عصر غيبة ولي الأمر وسلطان العصر عجل الله فرجه الشريف يقوم نواب العامه  وهم الفقهاء الجامعون لشرائط الفتوى والقضاء في اجراء السياسات وسائر ما للامام عليه السلام الا البداءة في الجهاد During the occultation of […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Khomeini And The Jumu’ah Prayer   Khomeini re-introduced the Friday prayer based on his view of being a proxy to the Imam. For a long time before that the Shia would not read the Friday prayer as the presence of the Imam is a requirement for it. Khomeini in his book, Tahrir al Wasilah has opined that one is permitted to choose between […]