Fadlallah, a recently deceased cleric, was the Ayatullah for a great number of Lebanese Shias. Many Lebanese were also following Nasrallah. The spiritual advisor of Nasrallah’s organization is Khamenei who is also the supreme leader of Iran. It’s not a secret that Khamenei’s and Nasrallah’s support for the Wilayah al-Faqih political system did seem at odd with Fadlallah’s rejection of that ideology. Here’s a direct quote from Fadlallah’s office in answer to the WF question.
The opinion of His Eminence the Sayyid (Long may he live) is that the general guardianship of the jurist is unfounded from the sources of law, as for returning to a jurist that has all the condition in general and upholds the guidelines that are related to the interests of Islam and the Muslims; the interest will be to return to this person in regards to this side of affairs.
Istifta Office for H.E. Grand Ayatollah
Sayyid Muhammed Hussain Fadlallah
He basically rejects the idea of Wilayah al-Faqih (guardianship or governance of a jurist) because its not supported by sources of Islamic laws.
Fadlallah seems to generate the most interesting controversies. A lot of time through no fault of his. However in this case, Fadlallah is not the first ayatullah to oppose Khomeini’s political ideology. We should probably look at all the Shia Ayatullahs who conditionally accept the system and also those who completely rejects the system.
I also noticed that after Fadlallah’s death, a lot of his followers switch taqlid and started following Khamenei. I wonder if these followers are now embracing the idea of Wilayah al-Faqih wholeheartedly or do some of them still have some reservations as their ayatullah did?
I personally find Fadhullah’s view on Taqlid pretty confusing. But I guess a thorough discussion on that topic will have to wait another day.
continue reading about Fadlallah.
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