Tahrir-ol-vasyleh

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A book cover titled (in Farsi) "Tahrir-ul-Vaseela, His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Imam Khomeini, Fourth Volume, Published by Darol ol Elm Institute

Tahrirolvasyleh (Arabic script تحرير الوسيلة, also transcribed as Tahrir-ul-Vaseela or Tahrir al-wasilah) is a book (in two volumes) allegedly authored by Ayatollah Khomeini as a guide for Muslims. It was said to be written by Khomeini while he was in Turkey and later on in Najaf [1] but the exact degree of his personal authorship is not fully clear.

The Website of Fazel Lankarani has listed the book^[1] under the title Tafsil-al-Shariah.

[edit] Overview

The book stands in a tradition of commentaries on Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) which are commonly written by high Shia clerics who bear the title of Marja. As such, it contains highly conventionalised compilations of traditional rulings on Islamic life and morality. This contrasts sharply with other works by Khomeini, which contain more novel and controversial accounts of his theological and political stances.

The book has been the target of some polemics by some critics of Khomeini.

[edit] Transliterations

Some of its numerous transliterations are as follows

[edit] See also

• najis
• Islamic jurisprudence

[edit] References & notes

[edit] External links

• A zipped file containing html documents purporting to be the full text of Tahrir-ul-Vaseela in Arabic
• Ayatollah Khomeini's Religious Teaching
• 7 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Tahrir ol-Vasileh (A Clarification of Questions), Vol. 1, p. 211 - 213.
• Ayatollah Khomeini
• Tahrir al Wasila
• Imam Khumayni's View: Tahrir al-Wasila
• Discussions by Shi'ites, replying to alleged quotations involving pedophilia from Khomeini, "Tahrirolvasyleh" fourth volume, Darol Elm, Gom, Iran, 1990,
• Tahrir Al wasila

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