Sayyid Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad: Difference between revisions

Mohaghegh Damad considers the [[Implementation of Hudud during the Age of Occultation|implementation of Hudud]] to be among the most important Fiqhi issues, related immediately to [[Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil]]. Based on Hadiths and the consensus of jurists, it is implemented only by an Infallible Imam himself or his appointed deputy if the Imam presents.<ref>Mohaghegh Damad, Fiqhi Reviewing of Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil, and Implementation of Hudud, pp. 127–128.</ref> He points to the importance of the rulings containing penalties such as striking, wounding, and even killing when he discusses the issue of the specific appointment of those authorized by the Imam to implement Sharia Hudud; therefore some Shi'ite jurists consider the implementation of these Hudud permissible only through direct appointment by the Imam. Obviously It is one of Imam's power to implement Hudud, but its practical implementation depends on Imam's sovereignty and his executive power.<ref>Mohaghegh Damad, Fiqhi Reviewing of Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil, and Implementation of Hudud, pp. 128.</ref>