General Positions as a Trust in the System of Constitutional Law of Iran with the Emphasis on the ‛Alawid Thought

To create systems in the realm of governmental jurisprudence, one first has to deduce the principles and rules from the Islamic jurisprudential heritage and then to construct them within the framework of a legal system. The nature of the governmental positions
and that of political power and authority are among the subjects which are helpful in designing governmental jurisprudence. This research work is conducted to study the nature of general positions as being a trust and their consequences for the system of constitutional law of Iran with emphasis on the Alawid thought. Drawing upon the analyticdescriptive method along with textual method, the research work seeks to establish the idea that the nature of general positions is based on a trust and one should expand the scope of trust in the realm of individual (personal) jurisprudence to include social and governmental jurisprudence. One can also find some cases (instances) in the constitutional law which are in agreement with this view, and, without doubt, if this view is accepted, one has to accept its legal and jurisprudential implications, including ‘dismissal’ which may happen when there is a breach in trust.