A Comparative Study of Allameh Nainie and Imam Khomeini's Political Thoughts with an Emphasis on the Influence of the Contemporary Crises

The present paper intends to have a comparative study of the political thoughts of two outstanding Shiite Faqihs, Allameh Nainie and Imam Khomeini, within the framework of Thomas Spragens’ Crisis Theory. It is stated in the study that the main common aspects of their political views include the type of interpretation from the source of political power, defending the Islamic territory, believing in the role of public in realization of political system and their will in divine goals’ realization while differences of their views could be realized in the areas such as the foundation of legitimacy, the nature of government, the area of possession and ruling of Faqihs, and the attitude of the ruler. However, implementing these two views by the basis of Spragens’ crisis theory shows that the differences between their viewpoints are due to the crises of their period and each one of these scholars has been under the influence of the specific conditions and crises of their own periods in which they attempted to propose a different solution and this has been the reason of differences in their viewpoints.