in the second half of the 2nd/8th century, the ismā‘īlī sect, who believed in the imamate of ismā‘īl, the second son of imam ja‘far al-ṣādiq (a.s.), was formed. the ismā‘īlīs brought up specific views concerning imamate. from their point of view, the world of being can not survive a moment without the existence of an imam and that mankind is always in need of a teacher, leader, and infallible i...

Hz. Peygamber’in vefatı akabinde vuku bulan hadiselerin ardından ortaya çıkan temel problemlerden birisi hilafet/İmamettir. Ehl-i Sünnet başta olmak üzere Şii olmayan mezhepler, her ne kadar dini anlamda özel önem atfetseler de nihayetinde onu beşerî bir görev/kurum olarak görmektedirler. Oysa İmamiyye Şiası, hilafet ve imamet kavramlarını birbirinden ayırmakta; hilafeti kurum görüp saltanatla ...

islamic medical jurisprudence, which is the subjectconcemed with the application of islamic laws to the area of medicine, has never been discussed as an independent field of jurisprudence, although several selected topics, especially those concerning food and beverages, sexuality, death, wounds and injuries, and doctor-patient relations have been more discussed than others. the results of an in...

although believing in the reappearance of imam mahdi is an islamic belief, it has an outstanding position in the shiite school. it can be said the main proof behind this position is that shiites have accepted his birth and life. regardless of the foundations and arguments of shiites, some sunni writers have sharply opposed this belief. ahmad b. taymiyya is one of these writers who has made cert...

after the iranian mashrooté revolution, the shiite political thought faced a new era of much attention, contemplation and explanation, when religious scholars embarked on a new research project to address the new situation. the most serious attempt to deal with the theoretical gap and crisis in islamic state was contributed by imam khomaini. in his theory of state, he conjoined the shiite princ...

İslam düşünce tarihinin kırılma noktalarından birini teşkil eden problemlerden birisi de devlet başkanlığıdır. Müslümanlar, bu konuda yalnızca teorik ihtilafa düşmemiş, fiilî mücadelelere girmişlerdir. Bu anlaşmazlık, etkisini günümüze kadar devam ettirmiş ve Müslümanların hem dini dünyevi görüşlerini şekillendirmiştir. Hz. Muhammed’in rolünü üstlenecek işlerini tanzim edecek adayın kimliği tar...