Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist

The Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist (Persian: ولایت فقیه, romanized: Velâyat-e Faqih, also Velayat-e Faghih; Arabic: وِلاَيَةُ ٱلْفَقِيهِ, romanized: Wilāyat al-Faqīh), colloquially referred to as Rahbari (Persian: رهبری, lit. 'The leadership'), is a concept which holds that until the reappearance of the "infallible Imam" (sometime before Judgement Day), the religious and social affairs of the Muslim world should be administered by righteous Shi'i jurists (Faqīh). Wilāyat al-Faqīh is associated in particular with Ruhollah Khomeini and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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