Islamic Governance: The Imamate (Vol.2) by Ayatollah Khamenei

Volume Two: The Imamate

The second volume, The Imamate, begins with commentaries on two scriptural proofs for the Imamate: The Sermon of Ghadīr Khomm, and The Hadīth of the Two Weighty Trusts (Hadīth ath-Thaqalayn). Ayatollah Khāmeneī then provides a survey of various approaches that have been taken to the issue of leadership of the community, that includes a discussion concerning the necessity of the imamate, the succession to the prophet, the characteristics and functions of the imam or community leader. The volume closes with a chapter each on Illegitimate Governance (or Governance of the Tāghūt), and Divine Sovereignty & Divinely-Sanctioned Authority & Governance.