The Ways of Supervising the Ruler Based on the Shiite Political Jurisprudence

Sovereignty، government، and power are concepts which have important determining meanings and interpretations as far as politicians and scholars are concerned. People form governments، however for its survival and effectiveness need a system of supervising and control. So، the main question raised in this research is that in an Islamic society with an Islamic government which is believed to have its legitimacy bestowed upon by God، what sort of surveillance and control is foreseen for the survival and prevention of not being evolved into an autocratic government. By looking deep into the guidelines and Islamic teaching we find the mechanism of monitoring and control in the Islamic concepts such as the order of doing right things and not wrong as prescribed by Islamic teaching. The obedience of Imams'' advices and suggestions، guiding of ignorant، accountability of the rulers، breaking away with the unjust rulers، all of which play determining role in keeping and guaranteeing the survival and the success of an Islamic state in compatible to the Islamic jurisprudence.