Guardianship of the Jurist [Wilayalt al-Faqlh]
Wise Sayings of Imam Khomeini
o The Guardianship of the [Wilayah al-Faqlh] is a gift from God, the
Blessed and Exalted, tc the Muslims.
o The best article in the Constitution is the article that stipulates the
principle of Guardianship of the Jurist.
o Today the itqahd [jurists] of Islam are proofs on the people.
o The Master of the Affair (Imam al-Mahdl) is the Proof of God. o The nation that has no "guide" cannot accomplish much.
o I assure the nation and all military forces that if the Islamic rule is
implemented under the supervision of the faqih (jurist] or by the
guardianship of ibefaqth. no harm will come to the country.
o Leader and leadership in the heavenly religions and the great Islam is not a
thing that has value in itself and draws man, God forbid, to vanity and
self-conceit.
o If a. faqih acts dictatorially on just one occasion, he loses his guardianship
mandate.
o If the faqih takes one wrong step, or commits a minor sin, he falls from
wilayah [guardianship]. Wilayah is not something to be conferred on just
any man.
o The faqih does not impose his views on the people; if he tries so he
forfeits his wilayah,
o It is the guardianship of the faqih that curbs dictatorship. Dictatorship
develops in the absence of the guardianship of thefaqih.
o The wilayah specified in the hadith on GhadTr means political rule and not just a spiritual position.