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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Wilayat (Guardianship) Speech 5: Wilayat of Someone Other than God From all the discussion so far what we have understood is that very Muslim and every person who claims to be a servant of God, should declare his Wali, ruler and guide in all matters of this world someone who has been appointed by God; he should hand over himself to the Lord's chosen Wali and should take his oath of allegiance on the hand of the God's Wali.

In short for all his worldly activities he should consider Lord of the Worlds and His appointee his ruler. However, we have discussed this point - who are those people who have been selected by God to represent Him - and that in the first phase it is the Prophets and then the Walis who deserve this station. The bottom line is that the Wali and the God appointed ruler is chosen by name or certain signs; or is appointed not by name but only by signs.

These were some of the points that we have already made clear. The point to be addressed today is that if someone does not accept God's Wilayat and chooses the supremacy of someone other than God; the first thing is what is God's ruling for such an individual? What will this action be called? And thirdly, what will be the consequences of such an action? These are the questions that come up in conversations regarding Wilayat.

Once we accept them after debates and discussions and our minds agree on them, then they will be counted as the proven principles of Islam. Although these issues are included in the discussion about the principle of Wilayat, yet they stand on their own as principles. The Glorious Qur'an renders every Wilayat other than that of God as the Wilayat of taghut and says that anyone who is not in the Wilayat of God is in the Wilayat of taghut. What is meant by Taghut?

The source of the word, taghut, is tughyan - to rebel and get out of the physical and natural life cycle of a human being. As an example, suppose that a human being has been created to achieve perfection, if someone keeps an individual from achieving perfection then he is a taghut. It behooves human beings to live their lives according to the laws of God. It is in line with the nature of human beings.

If someone nurtures human beings in such a way and forces them to act in such a way that they spend their lives following a constitution other than that of God, then he is taghut.