ماده ۱۲ قانون اساسی جمهوری اسلامی ایران

منبع رسمی این ماده پیوند شده است؛ بازخوانی انسانیِ کلمه‌به‌کلمه در نوبتِ برنامهٔ راستی‌آزمایی چیستارا است.

ترجمه رسمی

Official translation — source

The official religion of Iran is Islam and the Ithnā Asharī Ja’farī madhhab and this principle is forever unchangeable. Other madhāhīb, including Hanafi, Shafi’i, Maliki, Hanbali and Zaydi enjoy full respect and their followers are free to practice their religious rites based on their own fiqh. These madhāhīb are officially recognized in religious education and in personal status (marriage, divorce, inheritance and wills) and related legal proceedings. In any region where followers of each of these madhāhīb constitute the majority, the local regulations within the jurisdiction of the local shuras shall be in accordance with that madhhab, provided that the rights of the followers of other madhāhīb are protected.