Ahlulbeit and the Sunnites on the Intellectual Reasoning for the Right of Rebellion

“Right of rebellion” as a legal question goes to answer the question: “In what circumstances one has the right to rebel against the ruling government?” In his previous works, the author had tried to survey the issue in the light of the political theory of the Sunnite jurists referring to traditional documents partially narrated from holy Prophet and partially from the practice of both companions and successors. In this paper, however, he has tried to follow up the same procedure in the light of both intellectual and legal reasoning. The conclusion drawn by the author is that viewing the theological and legal principles of Shiite, not only one ought not to totally deny the “right of rebellion”, but also one is obliged to rebel against an unjust and illegal regime occasionally. This right may, nonetheless, be suspended for another more important discretion such as the maintaining of the very Islamic regime or defending Muslims against the foes.