Religious Foundations of Citizenship

The political system, which assumes itself belonging to people, not only buys its citizens’ votes, but also marks their volition and will. Today, such emerging rights as freedom of expression, freedom of the press, the necessity to participate in crucial matters, etc. are called citizenship rights, the observance of which will result in the fair distribution of power, wealth and even information. Being the salient characteristic of democratic societies, these rights demarcate the relations between individuals living in a geographical limit and the sovereignty, though majority of regimes strive against granting them to their citizens. Given the democratic nature of the Islamic Republic of Iran, examining the legitimacy of citizenship rights is of vital necessity. Research into jurisprudential basics and arguments indicates the legitimate foundation of citizenship rights referring to the reason of intellect in affirmative verdictsand the principle of obscenity in affairs with explicit canonical prohibition together with the necessity of avoiding the rule of closing the corruptive. The present study was conducted based on a descriptive-analytic method.