Analysis of the position of the clergy in politics from the perspective of Ayatollah Mahdavi Keni

Analyzing the position of the clergy in politics and, consequently, the relationship between religion and politics, is one of the recurring issues in the field of Islamic and even secular humanities. It seems that the analysis of the views of the founders of the Islamic Revolution will help to better understand the angles and secrets of the three categories of religion, politics and clergy, and therefore in this study, we will try to do from the perspective of Ayatollah Mahdavi He was one of the students of Imam Khomeini (RA) and a revolutionary pioneer fighter, and in addition to his scientific and jurisprudential weight and his seminary position, he also had first-level political and governmental responsibilities. Let us investigate the subject of research. The main question of the research is what is the position of the clergy in politics from the perspective of Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani? To reach the answer, the method of content analysis has been used and the result of this study shows that Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani believes in the role of religion in the type of political system, legitimacy of the political system, determining the ruler of the political system, citizenship rights and duties, selection of agents It is political and the style of politics. Accordingly, regarding the politics of the clergy, they have pointed out the five dimensions of basis, necessity, permissible and unauthorized areas, and finally the tools of the clergy.