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,. Legitimate Defense, Terror, and Martyrdom- Seeking Operations in Shiism DAVOOD FEIRAHI* Abstract: This essay focuses on religious arguments and Shiite intra-religion ..
This was so dear to · the Shiite Ulama that Feiz Kashani in his book· "ash-Shaafi" says: "since • legitimate Jihad is suspended at the time of the occultation [of the Twelfth Imam], we refrain from mentioning its manners and conditions"9 Seyyed Ali Tabataba'ee, the Author of "Riyaz al-Masalek", gives more explanation.
And, murdering any of the infidels at the time of taghiyyeh is not allowed, unless they are murderers or aggressors, and this [prohibition of murdering) is true by the time you are not worried about your life"12 ' After quoting the above narration from Imam Reza and expressing prevalent thesis from other famous Shiite Olama about the prohibition of preliminary Jihad at the time of occultation, the Author of Jawaher, referring to the major evidence related 10 Wellayat-e Faghih, considers the possibility of controversies, over the thesis of jurisprudents' in this respect as probable.
The points Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani mentions show that he places suicide operations of the Palestinians under the general conditions of the obligatoriness of defending one's self or the foundations of Islam and defines them through the rules of defense.
The Shiite jurisprudence prohibits terror and suicide, but places martyrdom-seeking operations under the general concept of defensive Jihad, explaining the conditions and limits of legitimate defense measures.