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BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Secondly Extremism in Tasawuf   His extremist leanings in this regard are as clear as can be in his books Misbah al Hidayah ila al Khilafah wa al Wilayah and Sirr al Salah. Hereunder we will shed light on some of his extremist views:   Special incarnation He says the following regarding Amir al Mu’minin ‘Ali:   خليفته ( يعني خليفة الرسول صلى […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Thirdly: Claiming Prophethood   The fatuitous ideas of Tasawuf and the fantasies of philosophy engendered the emergence of eerie views and outright disbelief from him; for Khomeini has sketched four levels for the seeker: The first journey ends at the stage of Fana’, absorption/annihilation. In it is the concealed secret and extra concealed secret. In this stage Extremities come forth from him due […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Fourthly: Extremism in Shia Belief   Regarding the leanings of Khomeini in Shi’ism, he is inclined toward the fanatical dogma of the Ghulah (extremist).[1] The evidence for this is that he draws evidence from the statements of these extremists in establishing the virtue of the Imams over the Ambiya’ of Allah and His Messengers. He thus says:   إن من ضرورات مذهبنا أن […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Fifthly: His view regarding the Comprehensive Authority of the Jurist   The Twelvers believe that comprehensive authority over the Muslims is the exclusive right of a few individuals whose names and amount are stipulated, and whom Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala has chosen just like he chose the Ambiya’ ‘alayh al Salam.[1] The orders given by these individuals are like the orders of […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   The Opposition of some of the Shia scholars of the idea of Khomeini regarding the Representational Authority of the Jurist   The idea of Khomeini, which transfers all the tasks and duties of the Mahdi to the jurist and restricts the authoritative leadership to him, induced opposition from many Shia scholars. As a result a very animated dispute broke out between Khomeini and […]