Muhammad Taqi Bahjat: Difference between revisions

[[Ayatollah]] Bahjat had important positive views about politics. With regard to governments during the period of the [[Major Occultation]], he says that it is an obligation to create an Islamic government and we have the ability to administer the country. He emphasized the formation of an Islamic government during the Major Occultation, provided that all divine laws are performed, and are never suspended on pragmatic grounds. Unlike scholars who held that before the [[Reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (a)]], social and political responsibilities of the [[Infallibles (a)]] should be kept in suspense, Bahjat believed that during the Major Occultation, [[Shi'as]] should be politically active. Thus he considered it as an obligation for some believers to carry out such political tasks. His argument was based on the assumption that there are rational and religious reasons to the effect that [[Islam]] should remain alive until the [[Day of Judgment]], and no religion except [[Islam]] is accepted by [[God]].