Why have the Jurists placed enslavement and servitude over us?

The Jurists placed enslavement and servitude over us, the Shia Imamiyyah, because they realised that we are a group who will not oppose their wishes, will not argue any of their claims, and will not seek clarification for anything they say. Our Jurists know very well that the nature of the Shia is ready to surrender to whatever they demand in this era of darkness; hence, they took up positions as guardians and authorities over them.

In order to make their argument convincing in their eyes, they attribute two narrations to Imam al Mahdi. One states:

أما الحوادث الواقعة فارجعوا إلى رواة أحاديثنا

Refer to the narrators of our speech for any new situation that arises.

And the other:

أما من الفقهاء من كان صائنا لنفسه حافظا لدينه مخالفا لهواه مطيعا لأمر مولاه فللعوام أن يقلدوه

The masses must follow the Jurist who protects himself, safeguards his din, opposes his desires, and obeys the commands of his Creator.

Even if these two narrations are authentic, they do not mean that it is necessary to make Taqlid in the way our Jurists mentioned. It does not at all mean that the Jurists have the right to command the Shia to do whatever they see as right or wrong, or that they have the right of guardianship, or that whoever does not accept their opinion in any Fiqhi related or non-Fiqhi matter, his actions are invalid.

They have deduced from these two narrations, even though they may be correctly attributed to Imam al Mahdi, such meanings which completely contradict the apparent wording of the narrations. However, since they are ruling over simple-minded people and these smart planners confront these simple minds, it is easy to achieve what these shrewd planners desire. They firmly believe that our Jurists do not only intend to spiritually and mentally control us by enslaving us, the Shia Imamiyyah, but they have two plans, one worse than the other.

They are planning to take control over the wealth of the Shia and from there to seize the reins of rulership. Hence, the Jurists included this great innovation into the belief system of the Shia. The verse that states:

وَاعْلَمُوْا أَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُمْ مِّنْ شَيْءٍ فَأَنَّ لِلّٰهِ خُمُسَهُ وَلِلرَّسُوْلِ وَلِذِي الْقُرْبىٰ وَالْيَتَامىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِيْنِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيْلِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ أٰمَنْتُمْ بِاللّٰهِ وَمَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلٰى عَبْدِنَا يَوْمَ الْفُرْقَانِ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ

And know that anything you obtain of war booty, then indeed, for Allah is one fifth of it and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and the orphans, the needy, and the [stranded] traveler, if you have believed in Allah and in that which We sent down to Our Servant on the day of criterion [i.e., decisive encounter], the day when the two armies met [at Badr]. And Allah, over all things, is competent.^[1]

They claimed that this verse was revealed regarding the profits that one earns, whereas the scholars of Qur’an, Hadith, and Fiqh are unanimous that this was revealed regarding the spoils of war and there is no relation of it with the profits of one’s earnings. Thereafter, they passed the verdict that this one fifth must be given in the care of the Jurists. Furthermore, they added that if the Shia do not hand over one fifth of their profits to the care of a Mujtahid or Jurist, then their Salah, Sawm, Hajj, etc., is void.

The poor Shia surrendered to this verdict, for which Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala has not sent any proof, and have thus been giving one fifth of their earnings throughout history. Never is it reported that anyone of them asked these ‘partners’ who are not partners in the capital, nor in the effort and toiling, but partners only in the profits: Who made you partners in our profits? What are your proofs? Why do we have to toil and struggle while you sit and reap the fruits of our efforts?

The Shia submitted to this oppressive tax without any investigation or displaying any displeasure and, hence, the Jurists milked them like how an obedient camel is milked. The Jurists were not satisfied with just being partners with the Shia in their profits, but considered themselves guardians over them to whom obedience is necessary. Whoever rebels against them has in reality rebelled against Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala and whoever disapproves of anything they say it is like disapproving of something from Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala, due to which it is compulsory to kill him and obliterate him from existence.

Many of the Shia submitted to this mental suffering while accepting and believing in it, and sacrificed themselves and their children in the way of these people who claimed divine authority for themselves without substantiating it with any proof or presenting any evidence. In fact, those who claim this do not only contradict the belief of Tawhid and the divine Shari’ah, but they contradict basic intelligence and common sense.

It is really saddening that the Shia face a mental calamity like this and many of them accept it and annihilate themselves for its sake, in an era where the human intellect is able to attack planet Neptune, which is four million miles away from our planet.

In the foreword of this plea, I mentioned Sinuhe’s report of the incident from the era of the Pharaoh Amphasis and compared what Amphasis perpetrated in an era of darkness to what the Guardian Jurist perpetrated in an era of light and invasion of space.

I did not, however, mention how Amphasis managed to rule the people of Egypt and who was Amphasis before he ruled the people of Egypt. Here you have it; I mention the story of Amphasis and in it are answers to many of the questions, especially for those who have questions like these: How did the Shia surrender to the Guardians Jurists? How did they manage to place enslavement and servitude over them?

Amphasis was an amateur fortune teller in his youth. He was honoured with the task of mummification and burying of the deceased in the common graveyard and would take a meagre fee for his services. In an era of negligence, he claimed to be the king of the graveyard and increased his fees. The people accepted his claim and submitted to the new charges. Then he claimed rulership over the city and the people submitted to his claim without any objection, so he began ruling over the people and they followed whatever he commanded them. Thereafter, he claimed to be the king and the people pledged their allegiance to him and he became King Amphasis. When he saw that whatever he wished became binding on the people without any opposition or objection, he claimed godhood and the fortune tellers stood by his side and gave testimony that he is indeed the god, the creator of the people, and the one who does as he wishes. The people accepted this and obediently prostrated before him. That is how Amphasis became the Pharaoh of Egypt. He then began ruling the people of Egypt with fire and iron, and thus his era became an era of ruin and destruction which had not been witnessed before.

We will now proceed to examine this Guardian Jurist (al Wali al Faqih) before he ruled Iran with fire and iron.

He was an insignificant religious man in the city Qum. He would ascend the pulpit and deliver lectures and advices at funerals and religious functions. He then claimed to be a Jurist and Mujtahid, and nobody objected. He claimed authority and deep knowledge, and his contemporaries in religion and the fortune tellers of the Shia Fiqh bore witness to that, so the people submitted to him and pledged their allegiance to him as the Jurist Mujtahid. Thereafter, he claimed general authority and divine rulership and the senior fortune tellers of Fiqh and the Mujtahids of the Shia bore witness to that. Many of the Shia in Iran submitted to that and he became the one who rules according to the commands of Allah in Iran.

He ruled over the Shia with fire and iron throughout the ten years of his rule and he sent those who did not submit to his divine authority to the gallows and execution grounds.

Certainly, this comparison clarifies for us one reality, i.e., false claims no matter how absurd, huge, false, and feeble, they find an effective response from collective naïve minds, especially when governmental proclamations support the false claims over naïve minds. Governmental proclamations in the era of the pharaohs were controlled by the fortune tellers and in our times are controlled by religious men and orators of the state, whose wings spread across the Shia world in the form of junior religious men, employed journals, and disseminated books.

It appears that the era for accepting false claims has remained active. Like this, we see that falsehood turns into good and righteousness becomes evil. The Guardian Jurist has died and left behind such destruction and annihilation that cannot be rectified. During his lifetime, he would take support from individuals who had control over the government. In reality, these were his assistants who issued commands and prohibitions. Everything evil and bad that happened to the Shia during his reign only occurred at the hands of these men. After he died, his vicegerents took over the reins and distributed the Shia State of Iran between themselves, just as Seleucids—the vicegerents of Alexander—divided Iran after he died.

In this manner, we see crooked and false influence reaching a critical level. The group that must rule like war criminals, because they committed the worst of crimes throughout the ten years, are now taking the reigns of rulership again and claiming that they will follow in the footsteps of the departing leader.

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^[1] Surah al Anfal: 41.

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