POLITICAL SOVEREIGNTY IN SHIITE FIQH (with an Emphasis on Imam Khomayni's Perspective)

The notion Welayat (sovereignty), is widely refered to in
branches of Islamic sciences such as theology (Kalam),
philosophy, jurisprudence (Fiqh) and mysticism (Irfan).
Welayat interpreted as "the political management of the
society" is a significant term in the Shiite political Fiqh and
one would fail to comprehend the Shiite political system of
ideas without having a true underestanding of this term.
That is why Islamic jurists have discussed over the domain
of the authority of ruling jurists only by assuming Welayat as
political management. This notion has recently been subject
to theoretical studies by some scholars among which Iman
Khomayni presented a more efficent theory on the basis of
which the Islamic Revolution was founded. This article
attempts to clarify this notion in Shiite political system.