Hujjat al-Islam Kalantari said that proving the basis of Wilayat al-Faqih is necessary to take responsibility and added, “Intellectual and doctrinal weakness regarding the basics of Wilayat al-Faqih leads to degradation and regression from the system.” RNA – In an exclusive interview with Rasa News Agency, Hujjat al-Islam Ali-Akbar Kalantari, the representative of people of Fars province in the Assembly of Experts of the Leadership, referred to the position of Wilayat al-Faqih [Guardianship of the Jurisprudent] and said, “The issue of Wilayat al-Faqih and the rule of the Islamic jurisprudent over the country is a fundamental and intellectual issue more than an executive issue.”
He considered proving the basis of Wilayat al-Faqih as necessary to undertake responsibility and said, “This requires that the issue of Wilayat al-Faqih be resolved intellectually, doctrinally and fundamentally for those who hold responsibility, as if it has not been solved for many people. That is, many people still don’t believe in the issue of Wilayat al-Faqih, although they may have raised this issue and expressed their support, but they didn’t fully understand the depth of its existence.”
Hujjat al-Islam Kalantari said that intellectual and psychological weaknesses cause people to make mistakes and added, “If human beings don’t have the necessary moral and intellectual strengths, they will suffer from weakness and will fall behind with only a few problems and when dealing with obstacles in both the long and short term.”
His Eminence said that intellectual weakness in the principles of Wilayat al-Faqih will lead to degradation and added, “It’s natural that those who don’t have a good intellectual state of mind regarding Wilayat al-Faqih to make mistakes if they encounter obstacles and if problems aren’t solved for them in the stage of responsibility and degradation.”
He pointed to the lack of insight among some people in the early days of Islam and stated, “This matter also existed during the early days of Islam and during the time of the Holy Prophet [Muhammad], wherein some people helped the Prophet from the beginning to the end and they were in the service of Imam Ali and Imams al-Hasan and al-Husayn and they protected themselves and stood firm. Such people were intellectually and practically strong, but at the same time, they were people who gradually believed and didn’t spend their resources after the victories. They were looking for worldly spoils and objectives. They usually made mistakes during the time of the Prophet and their weakness was obvious and they didn’t have a solid foundation. This issue also exists in the system of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Hujjat al-Islam Kalantari said, "At the beginning of the Islamic Revolution, some people were heartbroken and were even ahead of Imam Khomeyni in their slogans but after the victory of the Islamic Revolution had passed, war and comprehensive wide-ranging pressures of the arrogant powers, many of these people expressed regrets regarding their past and all of this is due to their intellectual and psychological weaknesses.”
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