AbsractShi’a Jurisprudence has had a high position in the interpretation

AbsractShi’a Jurisprudence has had a high position in the interpretation andexplanation of divine commandments from the distant past and hascontinuously proved its competency in providing solutions based on logic,knowledge and religion. Nowadays, because of the high number of familydisputes, Iranian courts actually pay less attention to legal nature of familyissues. This paper attempts to investigate the legal character of three essentialfamily issues: parental tutelage, alimony and the revocation of divorce. Hence,we will study the “right” and the “rule” and their consequences according tolawyers’ and Islamic Jurists’ views, mention some viewpoints both againstand in favor of these consequences, compare them, and finally evaluatewhether parental tutelage, alimony and the revocation of divorce are in fact“rights” or “rules”.