The Semantics of Some of the Islamic Norms in the Constitution Based on the Concept of Islamic Criteria

The Constitution due to its role in regulating the relations between individuals and the state is greatly important and therefore, determination of the precise meaning of the concepts set forth in that is significant too. The Islamic norms mentioned in the Constitution are among the concepts playing an important role in this document and although the superficial meaning of them is clear, but their detailed meaning isn’t explicit. Among them, the concept of “Islamic criteria” (Mavaazin-e-Islam), for the various quantitative and qualitative reasons, is much more important. The issue of this paper is the determination of the precise meaning of some of these religious norms based on the concept of “Islamic criteria”. It is proved in this research with different reasons, including comparison of these norms with the common norms of Islamic jurisprudence that the concept of Islamic criteria is semantically different from the concept of “Islamic ordinances” set forth in the Constitution. Accordingly, the meaning of many other of mentioned norms also refers to one of these two norms.