Monitor and its Components from the Perspective of Allameh Motahari

Monitor in Islam is believed to be a religious responsibility and is considered under the biding duty of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil and it is therefore of considerable significance in Islamic thoughts and doctrines. Allameh Martyr Motahari had a profound look at the issue of public supervision and especially at its salient aspect, enjoining the good and forbidding the evil. The present paper is therefore an attempt to define his main perspectives regarding public supervision is closely interwoven with enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, social responsibility and reform. He emphasizes the necessity of monitoring the rulers as a religious duty and religious considers the negligence of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil and its consequent social aspects as a serious threat. He discusses the chance of having an effect without causing any damage and believes that some of the indispensible and fundamental tools of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil include acquiring power and knowledge, logic, planning and social organizations.