devotedness and honesty of intentions are adornment of personality. the holy religion of islam has always encouraged human to wear this adornments as well as being ethical. the life of prophets and pious ones is full of attempts to be ethically upright and to be away from ingloriousness. the present article studies one of the ethical characteristics of imam ali (as) and exemplifies him as a sym...

each society requires a kind of management according to its structure and attainment of the goals it has been planned for. the idea of management is not new. long time ago, human had noticed the necessity of using all the facilities and leading them towards scheduled ideals. the kind of managing and leading the society depends on the cultural structure of it. so the way of management and intern...

explaining the virtues, merits and manāqib (praiseworthy actions) of imam ali (a.s) is not a task exclusive to his followers and adherents (namely the shi’a), but rather the scholars of the four sunni schools of law have extensively recounted the imam’s virtues, merits and manāqib, because of the high status of this matchless personality of the muslim world and due to their love and devotion to...

theoratical and practical return to islamic heritage is a developing instrument of the new thoughts and approaches in muslem intellectuals. of cours. the basis of this incredble heritage can be found in behavour of the inevrables particularly imam ali which has been demonstrated in nahjolballagheh: a proper conceptualization of alavi government. imam ali`s governmental experiences is a perfect ...

one of the thinkers¨ demands for governments is to take due care of the social rights of citizens thus far. no doubt, imam `ali (a.s.), as a muslim ruler, concentrated on maintaining man¨s rights both in theory and in practice. this article refers to the relationship between the right and the duty from imam ali¨s viewpoint, studies the foundations of man¨s rights and duties and discusses imam a...

this article aims at investigating the role of ideological literature–poetry and prose- from the point of view of scholars and the events that occurred in jamal, and saffin wars. the war occurred between the ideological party led by imam ali (pbv) and the successor of allahs messengar, muhammad (pbv) from one side and on the other side were the promise breakers of ghasstin, maregheen and nakese...

designating imam ali (pbuh) as the successor of the messenger of allah (pbuh) is a source of shia-sunni split. to prove it, however, shia provides arguments found in the holy qur’an, hadith (tradition), wisdom, and history. it is worth to consider works of literature on the issue as well, yet little research has been done in this respect. this issue has been dealt with in the present article. a...

the unique character of imam ali bin abi talib (a.s.) has occupied a high ranking position in shi'ite's literature since centuries. apart from the interest of arab shi'ite poets, we also find non-arabs who paid attention to imam ali's attributes and virtues, including mihiar al-dailami the persian who lived in buwaihid era.this study uses content analysis method aimed at stu...