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On the issue of slavery Mesbah Yazdi said
Today, too, if there’s a war between us and the infidels, we’ll take slaves. The ruling on slavery hasn’t expired and is eternal. We’ll take slaves and we’ll bring them to the world of Islam and have them stay with Muslims. We’ll guide them, make them Muslims and then return them to their countries.
In a lecture that was released on 15 February 2006, Mohsen Ghorourian who is a well-known student of Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi said that using atomic bomb has religious legitimacy.
Like many prominent
Shia clergies, he supports non-literal interpretations of various verses of the Qur''an and narrations attributed to the Prophet and his followers. Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi opposes bida''a or innovations in religion which he believes includes new interpretations of the Sunna and Qur''an. He has been quoted as saying: "If someone tells you he has a new interpretation of Islam, sock him in the mouth."
In August 2009 he is reported to have warned Iranian opposition groups against undermining supreme leader Ali Khamenei, stating,
"When the president is endorsed by the leader, obeying him is similar to obedience to God."
Controversy
Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi has been described as "affiliated" with the Hojjatieh group. Ayatollah denies this and denounced the rumor, saying that if anyone finds a connection between him and Hojjatieh, he will renounce everything he stands for. Ayatollah Khomeini actually frowned on the Hojjatieh and the group was nominally dissolved in 1983, yet they secretly continued to maintain and strengthen their network.
Quotes by Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi
- "If someone tells you he has a new interpretation of Islam, sock him in the mouth."
- "The real and precious knowledge is the one that culminates in God fearing."
- "If it is impossible to uncover the hypocrites faces other than through sacrificing our souls, therefore we are supposed to do so."(In Persian)
- "We should know that 1,400 years ago the Koran said that the enemies of Islam will always fight while chanting peace-seeking slogans."
- "Islam cannot accept that a group of people congregate and decide to initiate laws for themselves" (Ettela''at, 1 Oct. 1993)
- " ...when protecting Islam and the Muslim `Ummah depends on martyrdom operations, it not only is allowed, but even is an obligation...<<
Iranian Culturebase : Person(Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi/)