Criticism of Great Sheikh Ansari's Thought on the Absolute Guardianship of a Muslim Jurist in Makāsib

The present article reveals a scientific research on the great Sheikh An›āri thought on the absolute guardianship or authority of a Muslim jurist in his well-known book Makasib.In his Makāsib, Sheikh An›āri believes that one cannot deduce the absolute authority of a Muslim jurist from the transmitted sets of narrations, hadiths or traditions. In this essay, an attempt has been made to make a critical analysis of the hadiths regarding the authority of a Muslim jurist or faqih trying to consider the circumstance occasioned the issue of these hadiths and make a scientific criticism of Sheikh An›āri’s arguments in this regard.