The present paper aims to provide textual evidence in support of Rumi’s
spiritual shiism. The evidence will be taken from Rumi’s Mathnawi.
Shiism, in its true form, believes in the welayat (authority) of Imam Ali and
his eleven descendents following the demise of Prophet Muhammad. Allah
has chosen Ali and his descendents, as the true spiritual and religious
successors of Prophet Muhammad, after whom there will always be a
representative from Ali’s family to guide and lead human kind.
This paper deals with three types of welayat: solar, lunar and stellar welayats.