Ma`rifat Siyasi

In response to Imam Khomeini (God’s mercy be upon him) and Ayatollah Khameneii's call for the seminaries to delve into the issues about governmental fiqh, the present paper addresses such issues as dividing public treasury into Muslim public treasury and Imam's public treasury, dividing Muslim public treasury into common and private treasury and the differences between them concerning subject and verdict. It has been confirmed that the owner of Imams' public treasury at the time of the Infallible Imam’s presence is the very Imam and the theocratic guardian jurist of Islamic law is responsible for managing the society during occultation. One of the examples of Imams' public treasury is Khums which should be controlled by no one other than the religious authority as a rightful authority who manages the society, owns Muslims' public treasury and intervene in solving all kinds of Muslim’s problem. It has also been confirmed that the title of Imam as referred to in the Quran and traditions is a general title which includes the infallible Imams and theocratic authority's legal entity. As a result, the full power of the infallible Imams about public treasury applies to theocratic authority, as well.