 One interpretation – Limited Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist – holds that guardianship should be limited to non-litigious matters (al-omour al-hesbiah) including religious endowments (Waqf) judicial matters and the property for which no specific person is responsible.Another – Absolute Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist – maintains that Guardianship should include all issues for which ruler in the absence of Imams have responsibility, including governance of the country.The idea of guardianship as rule was advanced by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in a and now forms the basis of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.