Meanings
- pluralplural of faqih
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Ayatollah Muntazeri, in contrast to Ayatollah Khomeini, states that the argument that the faqih or fuqaha (plural of faqih) are responsible for the establishment and running of the government at the time of occulation does not have a strong base in Islamic sources and cannot withstand a vigorous examination.⁶⁰
1997, Jamal S. Suwaidi, Iran and the Gulf: A Search for Stability, I.B.Tauris Publishers, →ISBN, page 35
Origin
- Arabicفُقَهَاء
- Englishfuqaha'
From Arabic فُقَهَاء (fuqahāʔ), plural form of فَقِيه (faqīh).
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