معرفت سیاسی

"Political Legitimacy" as the most important issue of the political discourse of Islam, has allocated a huge volume of political discussions of Islamic theologians. The theory of "choice" in various forms is considered one of the most important views of legitimacy in Sunni political discourse. One of these formats is "the choice of the people of Hal and Aqd"; In the sense that when a person is elected by - even - one of the people of Hal and Aqd, his Imamate and government will be legitimate. The basic question is, who do Sunni theologians consider as "the people of Hal and Aqd"? How many people are necessary for the truth of this concept? What are their evidences for proving legitimacy through the people of Hal and Aqd? Are their criteria and arguments defensible? Using the descriptive-analytical method as well as the "rational" and "narrative" method and by using authentic theological, hadith and historical sources of Sunnis, this article has analyzed the aforementioned issues. The results show that their original point of view and arguments are faced with fundamental problems and cannot be defended even based on their own sources.