Tahrir al-Wasilah

Tahrir al-Wasilah (; Exegesis of the Means of Salvation or Commentaries on the Liberation of the Intercession; in Tahrir al-Vasileh) is a book by Ayatollah Khomeini as a commentary on a traditional theological text, and as a guide for Shia jurists on the opinions of Khomeini. The book was part of the centuries-old tradition of commentaries on Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) commonly written by leading Shia clerics working toward the status of Marja, for the use of their students and fellow clerics. The "Means" or "Intercession" this book was commenting on was Wasileh un-Nejat, (The Means of Salvation), by S. Abul-Hasan Isfahani. Khomeini's commentary covered socio-political issues such as jihad and "ordering the good and forbidding the evil", that had been abandoned by his contemporaries. Written during Khomeini's exile, the book was started in 1964 in Turkey and finished in Iraq and comes in two volumes and four editions. The book has been called "substantial" and responsible for securing Khomeini's "reputation in the early 1960s", and raising his "status as a jurist". The book later became the subject of commentaries itself. Title The book is known as Tahrirolvasyleh in Persian. It has been published under the title Kitab al-Fiqh, and the website of Ayatollah Muhammad Fazel Lankarani has listed the book under the title Tafsil-al-Shariah.