Ma`rifat Siyasi

The theory of "electing by majority" is regarded as one of the major theories in political legitimacy. This theory, while having a different version with its western form, has been considered and proposed by some Shia Jurists. According to this theory, in Shi'a political jurisprudence, the vote and the will of the majority are involved at the time of Occultation as a part or the whole of cause in political legitimacy. It seems that, the main doctrine of this theory is the rule of nafy al-sabil (denying the domination of unbelievers over believers). Given the importance of this rule in proving the theory of "electing by majority" this article discussed the implication of this rule with a "critical-analysis" approach to show that the above rule does not have correlation with the right to grant it to another one and, consequently, according to it, the people's right to grant legitimacy to the political ruler cannot be proved.