Complimenting personality of Martyr Shahabadi.

Complimenting personality of Martyr Shahabadi.

Revisiting Ayatollah Khomeini’s Doctrine of Wilayat al-Faqıh (Velayat-e Faqıh)

Imam advised to take an action against moral vices when one’s youth

Imam through his theological work recalls that great Shaykh, the accomplished ‘arif Shahabadi-my soul be sacrificed for him—used to say that it is better to take an action against moral vices when one’s youth and its powers and vivacity are still there.

‘Ujb in itself is a destructive and dangerous vice which spoils the faith and the deeds

Imam Khomeini warned believers that pride will bring about moral decline and said Know that ‘ujb in itself is a destructive and dangerous vice which spoils the faith and the deeds.

The years of spiritual and Intellectual Formation of Imam

The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini

The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini’s spiritual development was, however, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Shahabadi (d. 1328 Sh. /1950); to him the Imam refers in a number of his works as shaykhuna and ‘arif-I kamil, and his relationship with him was that of a murid with his murshid.

Forces of passion are implanted in human nature, Imam Khomeini explained

According to Imam Khomeini, Similarly, the forces of passion are implanted in human nature in such a way that even if he is made an absolute monarch of a state