Taqlid: Does the Jurist Leader Have Authority to Abrogate Laws for Public Interest?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Taqlid: Does the Jurist Leader Have Authority to Abrogate Laws for Public Interest?

English:

Question #60

Does the jurist leader enjoy a kind of authority that enables him to abrogate religious laws for such reasons as public interest?

Answer #60

Abrogation of the rules of Islamic law, after the demise of the Great Messenger of Islam (SW) is impossible. Alteration that takes place in the subject, the emergence of necessity and exigency or the existence of a temporary obstacle in implementing a rule does not constitute abrogation.

- Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules of Taqlid, Authority of the Jurist Leader and the Edict of the Authorised Religious Authority