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| Author | Ruhollah Khomeini |
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| Language | Arabic; translated into English |
| Subject | Islamic ethics |
| Publication place | Iran |
| Pages | 708 pages |
| ISBN | 978-1496120663 |
Tahrir al-Wasilah (Arabic: تحرير الوسيلة; Exegesis of the Means of Salvation or Commentaries on the Liberation of the Intercession; in Persian: تحریر الوسیله Tahrir al-Vasileh) is a book by Ayatollah Khomeini as a commentary on a traditional theological text, and as a guide for Shia jurists on the opinions of Khomeini.
The book was part of the centuries-old tradition of commentaries on Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) commonly written by leading Shia clerics working toward the status of Marja, for the use of their students and fellow clerics. The "Means" or "Intercession" this book was commenting on was Wasileh un-Nejat, (The Means of Salvation), by S. Abul-Hasan Isfahani.[1] Khomeini's commentary covered socio-political issues such as jihad and "ordering the good and forbidding the evil", that had been abandoned by his contemporaries.[2]
Written during Khomeini's exile, the book was started in 1964[2] in Turkey and finished in Iraq[3] and comes in two volumes and four editions.[citation needed] The book has been called "substantial"[2] and responsible for securing Khomeini's "reputation in the early 1960s",[4] and raising his "status as a jurist".[2] The book later became the subject of commentaries itself.[3]
- ^ A Clarification of Questions: An Unabridged Translation of Resaleh Towzih al-Masael by Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini, Translated by J. Borujerdi, with a Foreword by Michael M. J. Fischer and Mehdi Abedi, Westview Press/ Boulder and London, c1984, p.xxix
- ^ a b c d Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah By Baqer Moin
- ^ a b Imam Khomeini: Life, Thought and Legacy By Abdar Rahman Koya, p.86
- ^ Resaleh Towzih al-Masael translation, p.xvi