[Introduction]

The status of reason

Different roles of reason

Role of Reason in understanding Moral Values

Faith & Reason

The Nature of Faith

Faith requires reason

Faith supports and strengthens reason

Authority

Principle One: Obedience belongs only to God

Principle Two: Human freedom

Principle Three: Delegation of obedience

Principle Four: Authority of the Prophet

First: Delivering Divine Message

Second: Judgement

Third: Rule

Principle Five: Delegation of the Prophet’s Authority to Imam Ali and successive Imams

Principle Six: Delegation of the authority of Imams to the jurists

Who is a faqih?

The role of jurists in the time of minor occultation

Bibliography

Reason, Faith & Authority: a Shiite Perspective

Authority
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In Islam, everything originates from God. Islam also emphasises that,
'There is no authority except for God and whoever is appointed by God'.
In what follows, I will try to refer to the principles, on which the
Islamic view on authority is based:


