Guardianship, The Most Important Basis of Mahdaviyat Thought

Speaking about Mahdaviyat, without considering the station and history of leadership is unfinished and speaking about Imam and leadership without considering the most important indicator of it “guardianship” is unfinished. Therefore, we should begin reconsidering of thought basics of Mahdaviyat from knowing Imam and guardianship. Present writing, has been proceeded to explain this important subject in seven chapters. In this writing has been expressed Imam introduction and his station, word and terminology of guardianship. The nature of guardianship, bringing things to be and law giving sainthood and saint meanings and then it has criticized and studied extremes viewpoints about believing to imam and it has pointed out that believing to the guardianships of imams is far from having belief to the submission and exaggeration. In continuation, basis of bringing things to be possessions of God saint has been expressed using of philosophical existential it has proved guardianship from viewpoint of religion texts (Qoran and Narratives) and at the end the most important features of guardianship have been expressed.