The Impact of Shi ī Political Fiqh on the Islamic Republic of Iran

Political fiqh has enormous impact on the Islamic Republic of Iran in various ways and has paved the ground for the formation of a new political system based on the principles of Shi‘ī political fiqh as well as the introduction of the theory of administration of political society. Furthermore, as temporal and spatial exigencies require, it suggests the constitution necessary for the society, trying to establish the structures of the new system and to form the institutions of the political system in accordance with religious concepts and Islamic values. The institutions include certain institutions, whether selective or non-selective, whose significant functions are to maintain general interests. Muslim’s jurists’ reflections in this historical juncture, especially those on the thesis of the authority of Muslim juristconsult and Imam Khomeini’s statements of the constituent elements of Islamic government paved the ground for the exchanges of ideas and opinions in this regard. Therefore, the impacts of political fiqh on the Islamic Republic of Iran from the establishment of the Islamic government to the fulfilment of the structures of the Islamic political system and the interweave of political fiqh and new political order constitute a very important subject with which this article will deal.