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===Position and Importance in Contemporary Fiqh === | ===Position and Importance in Contemporary Fiqh === | ||
The importance and position of Na'ini among contemporary jurists are due to his school of Usul (principles of jurisprudence) and his jurisprudential and principled innovations, to the extent that he has been referred to as the renewer (mujaddid) of the science of Usul.<ref>Vara'i, *Pazhuheshi dar Andisheh-ye Siyasi-ye Na'ini*, 2003, p. 18.</ref> However, Mirza Na'ini's scholarly fame is mostly due to his authoring of the famous treatise [[Tanbih al-Ummah wa Tanzih al-Millah]], which has been considered the first systematic treatise in Shia political thought; a treatise that rose to the theoretical defense of the entirety of constitutional principles and established the legitimacy of a system of government based on law.<ref>Tabataba'i, *Nazariyeh-ye Hukumat-e Qanun dar Iran*, 2007, p. 482.</ref> The establishment of "Fiqh al-Mashrutah" (Jurisprudence of Constitutionalism) as a new chapter in the history of ijtihad and Shia political jurisprudence is considered to be indebted to Na'ini's efforts in the treatise Tanbih al-Ummah.<ref>Firahi, *Fiqh va Siyasat*, 2013, vol. 1, p. 281.</ref> This was a literature that did not remain in the realm of theory and developed a close connection with the constitutional institutions in Iran.<ref>Firahi, *Fiqh va Siyasat dar Iran-e Mo'aser*, 2013, vol. 1, p. 335.</ref> According to [[Hossein-Ali Montazeri]], a contemporary Shia Marja', Na'ini, in this book, was able to derive and establish new branches of [[governmental jurisprudence]] based on the principles imparted by the Shia Imams.<ref>Montazeri, *Mabani-ye Fiqhi-ye Hukumat-e Islami*, 1409 AH, vol. 1, p. 53.</ref> In the belief of [[Davoud Firahi]], a researcher in the field of political jurisprudence, Tanbih al-Ummah provided the preliminaries for a religious articulation of freedom and [[democracy]] within the Shia school of thought and has a dual importance from the perspective of the relationship between religion and modernity.<ref>Firahi, Davoud, *Astaneh-ye Tajaddod*, 2015, pp. 1-2.</ref> | The importance and position of Na'ini among contemporary jurists are due to his school of Usul (principles of jurisprudence) and his jurisprudential and principled innovations, to the extent that he has been referred to as the renewer (mujaddid) of the science of Usul.<ref>Vara'i, *Pazhuheshi dar Andisheh-ye Siyasi-ye Na'ini*, 2003, p. 18.</ref> However, Mirza Na'ini's scholarly fame is mostly due to his authoring of the famous treatise [[Tanbih al-Ummah wa Tanzih al-Millah]], which has been considered the first systematic treatise in Shia political thought; a treatise that rose to the theoretical defense of the entirety of constitutional principles and established the legitimacy of a system of government based on law.<ref>Tabataba'i, *Nazariyeh-ye Hukumat-e Qanun dar Iran*, 2007, p. 482.</ref> The establishment of "Fiqh al-Mashrutah" (Jurisprudence of Constitutionalism) as a new chapter in the history of ijtihad and Shia political jurisprudence is considered to be indebted to Na'ini's efforts in the treatise Tanbih al-Ummah.<ref>Firahi, *Fiqh va Siyasat*, 2013, vol. 1, p. 281.</ref> This was a literature that did not remain in the realm of theory and developed a close connection with the constitutional institutions in Iran.<ref>Firahi, *Fiqh va Siyasat dar Iran-e Mo'aser*, 2013, vol. 1, p. 335.</ref> According to [[Hossein-Ali Montazeri|Husayn Ali Montazeri]], a contemporary Shia Marja', Na'ini, in this book, was able to derive and establish new branches of [[governmental jurisprudence]] based on the principles imparted by the Shia Imams.<ref>Montazeri, *Mabani-ye Fiqhi-ye Hukumat-e Islami*, 1409 AH, vol. 1, p. 53.</ref> In the belief of [[Davoud Firahi]], a researcher in the field of political jurisprudence, Tanbih al-Ummah provided the preliminaries for a religious articulation of freedom and [[democracy]] within the Shia school of thought and has a dual importance from the perspective of the relationship between religion and modernity.<ref>Firahi, Davoud, *Astaneh-ye Tajaddod*, 2015, pp. 1-2.</ref> | ||
=== Works === | === Works === | ||