COMPARISON OF TWO THEORIES OF COUNCIL AND DEMOCRACY WITH IMAMAT

The position of Imamate is a divine and heavenly position, the truth of which cannot be understood by any human being, and no one is able to understand it.  This is while some people have doubts in their minds due to the lack of correct understanding of Imamate in Shiite thought. The origin of that doubt is, on the one hand, the lack of reflection and precision in the verses and traditions, and on the other hand, the comparison of this divine authority with human authorities and systems. One of these doubts  is the role of democracy and council in determining the imam, which the supporters of these two theories by making confusion in the meaning of imamate and government and the homogenization of the meaning of the two - as these two have been a manifestation of the involvement and participation and influence of individuals on the political power - has ruled that the imamate and democracy are incompatible.  The writer in this article is to first analyze democracy and council separately in two parts and describe its types and documents and then criticize and challenge these two theories by analyzing them.