Ahwāl’ and ‘Maqāmāt’ are the basic concepts in Islamic mysticism. These two terms have more or less been used in the works of Sufis since the third century. The basic question here is who first introduced these two concepts. Some scholars believe that these two were raised by Imam Sadiq (AS) for the first time. This paper, however, claims that Imam Ali bin Hussein’s (AS)...

The history and appearance of Shiism have been studied by Muslim theologians and historians and orientals. During recent years some other views have been presented in written and multimedia sources with nonscientific motivations. Shiite scholars with regard to the link of the problem to their identity have studied the views critically. This paper, using typological techniques and having classif...

The so called the traditions of distortion, the ambiguity in the history of codification of the Holy Qurān, the traditions likening the major events in the Islamic nation to the events of past nations and also the fact that the names of the infallible Imams are not mentioned in the Holy Qurān are the most important reasons which lead in the claim that Qurān might be distorted. Out of these reas...

  Background and Objectives: The Islamic teachings and practices are based on providing healthy environments. The present study discusses the effective health mission approaches narrated by the Holy Prophet's (PBUH) and the Infallible Imams'(PBUT) Ravayats (Narrations).   Materials and Methods: The present study has followed a descriptive method of study in which library sources including texts...

In many narrations the pure Imams introduce Fātemah as a person to whom angels speak. This description is not confined to her, but in some narrations Fātemah is stated to have this virtue. The sum of these discourses is collected in the scripture of Fātemah and was available to the Imams. There are many narrations from the people of the household in this regard which besides demonstrating thi...

What is meant by anfal in Quran, its ownership and the abrogation of anfal verse is a position of disagreement between Shiite and Sunni`s commentators. As is clearly understood by the first verse of chapter Anfal, anfal has been known as one of the great financial sources for Islamic government. Some commentators have viewed the verse to be in contradiction with the verse of khums and, therefor...