According to specifications, his duties are subsidiary.

According to specifications, his duties are subsidiary. It remains as long as Quran exists.”! [7] “To maintain a Quranic government is a responsibility on all Muslims. The ruler of Muslims is selected among them with opinion of masses.”! [8] “The issue of Caliphate is a national issue. To fix a ruler is in the hands of the people.”!

[9] [1] Sayyid Asadullah Meer Islami Kharqani: Raah-e-Tajdeed-e-Azmat O Qudrat-e-Islami (Way to renovate the glory and power of Islam) (Preface by Sayyid Mahmood Taliqani), Pg. 101 [2] Ibid. Raah-e-Tajdeed-e-Azmat O Qudrat-e-Islami (Way to renovate the glory and power of Islam) (Preface by Sayyid Mahmood Taliqani), Pg. 38 [3] Haider Ali Qalamdaran: Hukoomat Dar Islam (Government in Islam), Vol. 1, Pg. 129 [4] Ibid. Hukoomat Dar Islam (Government in Islam), Vol. 1, Pg. 77 [5] Ibid.

Hukoomat Dar Islam (Government in Islam), Vol. 1, Pg. 128 [6] Sayyid Asadullah Meer Islami Kharqani: Raah-e-Tajdeed-e-Azmat O Qudrat-e-Islami (Way to renovate the glory and power of Islam) (Preface by Sayyid Mahmood Taliqani), Pg. 38 [7] Ibid. Raah-e-Tajdeed-e-Azmat O Qudrat-e-Islami (Way to renovate the glory and power of Islam) (Preface by Sayyid Mahmood Taliqani), Pg. 290 [8] Mustafa Husaini Tabatabai: Article quoted in the book Deen-O-Hukumat (Religion and Rulership), Pg.

547 [9] Husain Ali Montazeri: Mubaani-e-Fiqhi Hukumat-e-Islami (Translated by Mahmood “The public opinion in an Islamic government is a basic element for appointing the ruler.”! [1] “People have a right to appoint a person who possesses conditions befitting a ruler to the post of a guardian and vest him with rulership.”!

[2] How to utilize these Conjectures to Create Deviation in the Meaning of Divinely-given Caliphate of Ali So far we came to know how unity-seekers borrowed the thought from Sunni school and how they exerted efforts toward dissipating Sunni outlook about Imamate, Guardianship and Caliphate. We also came to know their basic idea, which runs as follows: “To bring down the high station of Imamate to the level of social status of rulership and to believe it to be electoral.”!

It is obvious that this outlook is useful for creating Islamic unity and to create a sort of coherence between the two. This idea avoids the contrast as it overruns the right of Ali to Caliphate.