Position and Impact of the Best Interest in Guardianship of Children from the Perspective of Law and Islamic jurisprudence

One of the important cases in which the interests of the implication of the Islamic law has an essential role and in which to decide how to implement is entrusted to the people themselves is the Guardianship(Welaya) of the children. Due to the disability of the children, the scope of the guardianship of them is very vast and it is the best interests of the children that can limit this scope and justify the guardianship system. However, there are various questions in this regard that have not received due attention. It is feared that this ignorance may lead to the loss of the children’s rights or the abuse by the guardians of the children.Therefore regarding this issue and questions, this paper tries to deal with 5 topics concerning the best interests: their concept; importance and position; their impact on guardianship; the enforcement of guardianship; their relativity and changeability.