Application of the Principle of Preserving the System in Imam Khomeini's Jurisprudential and Political Thought

Preserving the social and political system of society is a matter that has long been the subject of attention among thinkers in various fields of the social sciences. Regardless of the attitude toward this issue, trying to maintain a social and even political system is a worthwhile practice, and disturbing public order and security and the society's livelihood is considered a disgrace. In Shia jurisprudence, this issue has been raised by Imamia jurisprudents under the guise of the "maintaining the system" and "prohibition of creating disorder ", and has been the base of issuing sentences and its implementation in various cases. Imam Khomeini is one of the most prominent contemporary jurisprudents who has paid great attention to the position of this Shiite jurisprudential principle, and has benefited greatly from the issuance of jurisprudential rulings and their implementation. This research seeks to answer the question of how the principle of preserving the system has had an effect on the issue of political jurisprudence in Imam Khomeini's mind. It is concluded that the principle of preserving the system in the thought of Imam Khomeini is based on the four axes of "preserving the very existence of Islam," "preserving the social system", "preserving the livelihood system" and "preserving the political system"; and the most important of his inventions as compared to his predecessors, is the conceptual extension of the principle of the necessity of maintaining the system and adding the pivotal dimension of preserving the political system to the scope of this principle.