An important achievement of the political thoughts of Shiism is the theory of Welayat-e Faqih over which the Shiite jurists discussed in the Period of Absence of the twelfth Imam. Ayattollah Lari, while writing explanatory notes on the book Makaseb written by Sheikh Ansari, wrote a book called "Welayat-e Faqih" in which he presents a discussion over Welayat-e Faqih. He believes that a Faqih, besides having Welayat (sovereignty) over public affairs has many other positions rooted in the positions of the Imams, some of which are the right to act upon non-litigious legal affairs, the right to Ijtihad and to infer divine precepts, the position of judgement and ruling over people.
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