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youtube.com/watch?v=jtgmXmjzhxQ&list=PLRa… and Ijtihad in Shi'a Political Thought," Lec02Speaker: Dr. Hassan AnsariJul 14, 2026🟥 Lecture in Persian. closed captions (CC) and auto-translate are available.Summary:In this session, we discussed the second distinguishing feature of the Shi'i theory of the Imamate in comparison with the Sunni theory of the Caliphate. We explained how, although the theory of the Caliphate was originally regarded as one centered on ijtihād (independent legal reasoning), it was eventually elevated to the status of a religious institution. Even the ijtihād-based rulings of the caliphs came to form the foundation of Sunni jurisprudence, thereby acquiring a religious character.By contrast, although Shi'ism considers the Imamate to be a matter established through explicit divine designation (naṣṣ), it rejects the religious legitimation of political ijtihād unless it is grounded in a divinely authorized and scripturally established proof. This, in turn, opened the way for a more secular—or non-sacralized—understanding of the political sphere.One important consequence of this distinction is that Sunni jurisprudence generally came to rely on the ijtihād of the caliphs and the Companions, as well as on directives issued by the holders of political authority. These rulings were later given the appearance of Prophetic hadith. Shi'i jurisprudence, however, because it had no institutional relationship with the ruling political power, was shaped not under the influence of the caliphs' authority but as an oppositional legal tradition grounded in the transmitted teachings (naṣṣ) of the infallible Imam.Within this framework, every juridical ruling in Shi'i law must be based on a revealed textual proof, whose authority ultimately derives from the infallible Imam. Political action based on ijtihād is certainly possible; however, if such political action is not, in some manner, authorized by the infallible Imamate, then according to the Shi'i perspective it should not be regarded as a religious act. Rather, it belongs within the sphere of manṭiqat al-farāgh ("the zone of discretionary space"), where human judgment and governance may legitimately operate without claiming inherent religious authority.#nass_ijtihad_shia



