We can easily understand why in a society whose people have...

We can easily understand why in a society whose people have acknowledged His Lordship, a person who wants to rule without the permission of their Lord, is exactly like the one who wants to head a certain office without obtaining the permission of a competent authority. Even if his work is proper and good, he shall be reproached and even prosecuted. The people are also not obliged to obey him.

According to Islam, the people are subjects and creatures of God and without the permission of their Master no one is authorized to interfere in their affairs, so only the person authorized by God has to implement His law.

It is for this reason that in accordance with the knowledge he acquired from Islam and Islamic sources, the eminent Imam ( q ), the founder and architect of this Revolution and political system, would always explicitly write: “By virtue of the divine guardianship [ wilayat-e ilahi ] I have, I do hereby designate you to this position.” In one case, he even further stipulated: “Do not listen to those who are against the path of Islam, who regard themselves “intellectuals” and want to reject the wilayah al-faqih .

If there were no such faqih ; if there were no wilayah al-faqih , there would be taghut . If it were not the command of God; if the president were not designated by the faqih , then he is not legitimate, it means that he is taghut . To obey him is to obey the taghut .”[^1] This is not a personal opinion but rather something deduced from the noble verses of the Qur’an and ahadith , and at any rate, it is the opinion of the person who has founded this Islamic system.

Therefore, the law enforcer, even if he implements all the laws according to the Islamic standards must be authorized by God.

This authority is sometimes specific in form just as in the case of the Messenger of Allah ( s ), the infallible Imams ( ‘a ), those who have been personally designated by the Holy Prophet ( s ), those who were appointed by the Commander of the Faithful ( ‘a ) during his caliphate as governors and rulers of the Islamic territories, and the designated special deputies of the Imam of the Time (may Allah, the Exalted, expedite his glorious advent) during the period of minor occultation [ ghaybah as-sughra ].

In these cases, through specific designation and personal authorization, certain individuals were commissioned to declare and implement divine decrees in the realm of their responsibility. Yet, at other times, the permission or designation is general.