From among the sects ascribed to the Shiites in the books of religious sects are the Extremists who used to exaggerate about holy Imams; they were thus blasphemed and excommunicated by the holy Imams. The Shiite Extremists have touched thus distorted the Shiite doctrines in different fields and as a result drove the Shiite school isolated from the society thus preventing them from progress. In...

In the process of hadith understanding, there is a need for an appropriate scientific approach; it is called "fiqh al-Hadith". Ignoring the principles of implications, thus, lead to mistakes in the understanding of the hadiths. In order to make the procedure of dealing with "fiqh al-Hadith" more comprehensive and up-to-date, Due to the kind of implications in hadiths. A ...

The Quranic Muqatta'a letters are one of the Quranic topics about which scholars expressed different viewpoints. Considering the interpretation of these letters and the intention of God, many various views have been mentioned. Some narrations are found to interpret these letters. For example, a hadith in Maani al-Akhbar of Sheikh Saduq has interpreted all these letters. This hadith is assumed t...

This article attempts to study a hadith attributed to Imam Hussein in which he says, "I have only risen to seek reformation." It tries to find that whether the content of hadith suggests reformation of religion or that of nation. The author has concluded that this hadith is neither authentic in its chain of transmission nor acceptable in its content. If one ignores inauthenticity of chain of tr...

As viewed by a group of Sunni commentators according to Ibn Abbas's narration, the first verses of the chapter Rum: "Alif. Lam. Mim. The Romans have been defeated In the nearer land, and they, after their defeat will be victorious …" revealed between two war of Iran and Rome. In the first war the Iranians won and a verse carrying the message of the Romans` victory revealed They were victorious,...

Due to his vast knowledge of traditional and rational sciences, Allāmeh Sha’rāni has written interpretation on different Hadith books and clarified their ambiguities. In an attempt to gain an accurate account of the infallibles’ traditions, He has focused on two main processes to discover the meaning of Hadiths, namely understanding texts of Hadith and their main goals. He has also found to be ...

Early Isma'ilis, after the death of Isma'il ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq (AS), donated the Imamate to his son Mohammed and were separated from Imamiyyah. They succeeded to establish the Shiite caliphate called Fatimid in Maghrib in 297 AH.  Fatimids conquered Egypt in 358 AH and succeeded in expanding the influence scope of Isma'ili Shiite government to Maghrib, Yemen, Sham, Iran, Iraq and even India an...