Assisstant Professor, University of Sistan and Bluchestan There are some issues about Fazl Ibn-e Shazan in the Great Islamic Encyclopedia, such as doubts on direct discourses with Imam Reza, materialistic ideas, closeness of his beliefs to Salafi Sunnis and also doubts on attribution of Kitab al-Izah to him, etc. In this article we explain those doubts that are baseless, specially Imam Askari`s...

abstract: the present study is an attempt to find out cultural exophoric references in iranian high-school elt textbooks and touch stone series to compare the frequency of occurrence of such references in these books. the purpose is to find out which of the series of the books under investigation impose a greater referential burden on efl learners as far as their reading comprehension of the ...

the researchers believe that al-adab al–saghir and al-adab al-kabir are pahlavi translators of iranian advices, where fifteen anonymous statements appear which are in nahj-albalaghah. besides, both books contain a lot of precious themes of nahj albalaghah which, like veins of gold, are hidden in their different layers . the use of ali’ s anonymous words in these two books caused editors, follow...

Haydar Ibn Ali Ibn Haydar, known as Sayyid Haydar Āmoli, is the philosopherand mystic of the eighth century AH and is the author of Tafsir al-Mohit al-Azam. He wrote this exegesis toward the end of his life in which he referred to many traditions narrated by the Immaculate. Hadiths have been reported in Al-Mohit al-Azamin different forms and ways. Most of these hadiths have been reported by par...

In some of the Sunni sources of narrations, such as Sahih Muslim, Musnad by Ibn Hanbal, Sunan by Ibn Majah, Sahih by Ibn Habban, and Majma al-Zawaid by Haythami, there is a narration known as the “pollination of the palm trees” which is considered as authentic by the Sunnis. The researcher in this article first traces the sources of this narration and shows that some of the transmitters of this...