Ma`rifat Eqtesadi

The history of Muslim relations with non-Muslims has always witnessed periods of widespread oppression and domination, the legitimacy of which has in many cases been confirmed through the conclusion of contracts signed by some Muslim rulers. This is while in Shiite jurisprudence, there is a rule called the “rule of negation of the path”, according to which there is no ruling in the Sharia regarding the dominance and domination of the infidels over Muslims, including the ruling on the validity of such contracts; a rule whose main reason is the Quranic verse “Allah will not make for the infidels a way over the believers”, which is known as the verse of “negation of the path”. However, the implication of this noble verse by Sheikh Ansari and Allama Tabataba’i – as two of the most prominent Shiite jurisprudential and exegetical figures – has encountered a total of five important problems that could weaken the theoretical basis of the rule of negation of the path: The aim of this research is to examine the validity of these objections and assess their ability to be answered. This study was conducted using an analytical-critical method and using narrational and jurisprudential sources. The findings of the research show that none of these objections affect the meaning of the verse and this verse remains a valid proof in proving the negation of any ruling involving the dominance of the infidels over the Muslims. Accordingly, the verse of negation of the mustache is the ruling on the primary evidence whose application can be the source of such a ruling.