The Methodology of the Supreme Leader of Iran Facing the Belief Deviations of the Occultation Age with an Emphasis on the Thought of Jihad-e Tabyeen

RaooftTabar, Fataemeh; Salimian, Khodamorad

doi:10.22081/jm.2024.68213.1085

The Methodology of the Supreme Leader of Iran Facing the Belief Deviations of the Occultation Age with an Emphasis on the Thought of Jihad-e Tabyeen

Document Type : Original Article

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¹ PhD student, Department of Philosophy and Theology, Qom State University. Qom, Iran (corresponding author).

² Associate professor, Department of Mahdism Studies, Research Center for Mahdism and Futurology, Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy, Qom, Iran.

10.22081/jm.2024.68213.1085

Abstract

Belief deviations mean a return from correct beliefs towards eclecticism and wrong thinking, which management and dealing with them in the Age of Occultation takes a different form due to the absence of the imam in the society. This article has been formed with the analytical-descriptive method and with the aim of the studying the methodology of the Supreme Leader of Iran in opposition to the belief deviations in the age of occultation, and his work is based on the idea of Jihad-e Tabyeen (Struggle for clarification). The Supreme Leader, as one of the elites of the age of occultation, considers Jihad-e Tabyeen to be the best way to inform the society about deviations and also the most successful way to defend the right view against the deviations of the enemies. Considering the division of different types of deviations into three individual sections, sedition of foreign enemies and internal questions and doubts, the method of explanation in each type will be different from the other. The main audience of Jihad-e Tabyeen are ignorant, unbiased people and those who have no idea about Islam and Islamic thoughts. However, explanation can also neutralize the tactics and fallacies of enemies. The explanatory methods approved by the Supreme Leader are in fact, the logical explanation of ideals and goals, and achievements. Therefore, protecting the society from the deviations of the Age of Occultation can be done by explaining things such as the issue of Imamate in Shia Imamiya literature, proving the birth of Imam Mahdi, recognizing and referring to authentic Islamic sources, paying attention to the definite signs of the reappearance of Imam Mahdi, correct understanding of the meaning of the waiting and the proxy system.

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