Explaining the meaning of Imamate, Ayatollah Khamenei said: "Imamate means that a person or a group takes on the leadership of a society and specifies the direction of its movement in worldly and religious matters.
Ayatullah Khamenei ya bayyana nada magajin annabi da Allah ya yi da kuma batun imamanci a matsayin lamurra guda biyu da ake iya ganinsu cikin waki'ar Ghadir, sannan kuma yayin da yake karin haske kan ma'anar imamanci, Jagoran ya ce: Imamanci yana nufin wani mutum ko kuma wata jama'a ta riki wani shugaba wanda zai bayyanar mata da hanyar da ya kamata ta bi cikin lamurran da suka shafi duniya da lahirarta.