in shiite school, imamate is one of the self-evident doctrinal principles, which is on the same level as prophethood. during the history of shiism, many thinkers and intellectuals have considered this principle in philosophical and theological terms. they have comprehensively elaborated on the characteristics of those, who hold this position. thus, the transcendental theosophy, as one of the ma...

the subject of current article is a review of the rationalist beliefs of the mu’tazilite scholars of the 3rd century in regard to the issue of “imamate”. the first half of the 3rd century is a very special period of time in islamic history during which superiority of the doctrine of “rationalism” or “following wisdom and being reasonable” is highly evident. the issue of “leadership” or “imamate...

in analyzing and explaining seal of prophethood as a doctrine, almost all scholars who have dealt with this issue considerhuman intellectual maturityas the main criterion and the secret of the emergent finality.the present article explains and analyzes the proposed approaches and perceptions regarding intellectual maturity and thus aims toreview this idea critically.as a result,the study shows ...

one of the issues always debated in the history of shi‘ism is the conjecture about the imamate of ismā‘īl after the martyrdom of imam sādiq (as), expressed in ismā‘īlī books and sometimes the imāmī. the reasons that led to the conjecture about the imamate of ismā‘īl include: the narrations indicating thatimamate belongs to an older child, the attention and affection of the sixth imam to ismā‘īl...

The aim of this article is to determine Ebû Mansûr el-Mâtürîdî’s political thinking. Although issue not included at the theoretical level in Qur’an, concepts such as council, efficiency, justice and great command are various verses terms. Examining Mâtürîdî’s interpretations mentioned Te’vîlâtü’l-Kur’ân will help us understand his way His management philosophy principles governance based on men...

as the first important controversy in the history of islam,imamate made the first religious sects and branches among the muslims the most important shia sects of shia ithnaashari,since its founding,the ismaili sect and the zaidiyyah the political life social and continue. imagine that each of these two categories of imamat, during the first centuries of islam. this article is based on relying o...