precise recogni tion of concept of nasb and character istics of that perver ted ideological current as well as pres entation of an exact, fair definition of it is of great import ance, especially when on e considers that shiite jurists have treated that current as infidelity. th e present essay analy zes and juristically criticizes differ ent opinions on the conc ept of nasb ranging from akhbar...

The majority of the world’s Muslim population follows the Sunni branch of Islam, and approximately 10-15% of all Muslims follow the Shiite (Shi‘ite, Shi‘a, Shia) branch. Shiite populations constitute a majority in Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, and Azerbaijan. There are also significant Shiite populations in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Yemen. Sunnis and Shiites share ...

shaykh shams al-din mohammad ben makki ameli known as the first martyr is an outstanding faqih from jabal amel in the ayyubids period. trying to spread shiism in an anti-shiite environment and to have relationships with the sarbedaran of khorasan in iran, he was imprisoned and finally martyred. relying on the relationship between religion and reason and the status of reason in religious precept...

being an outstanding hadith transmitter of sunni hadith collections as well as narrating some hadiths in shiite collections while having some relation with shiite fourth, fifth, and sixth imams on the one hand and occupying various posts for 45 years in marwanid court on the other, zuhri played a significant role in organizing and writing down hadiths. such a background caused contradictory jud...