Taqlid: Is Separating Leadership from Marji‘iyyah a Step Toward Recognizing the Mutajazzī Mujtahid?

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Taqlid: Is Separating Leadership from Marji‘iyyah a Step Toward Recognizing the Mutajazzī Mujtahid?

English:

Question #53

As you know, there is a discussion in the principles of Islamic jurisprudence on the subject of the mutajazzī mujtahid. Is the measure taken by Imam Khomeini’s (q.) in separating marji‘iyyah from leadership considered a step toward the recognition of mutajazzī mujtahid?

Answer #53

Separation between the leadership of the jurist leader and the office of marji‘iyyah has nothing to do with the issue of mutajazzī mujtahid.

- Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules of Taqlid, Marji’iyyah and Leadership