THEOLOGICAL- DOCTRIANAL RESEARCH (THE ISLAMIC SCIENCE QUARTERLY)
Year:2008 | Volume:3 | Issue:11|Papers Count:14

Imamate is the focal point in Islamic society and is deemed as one of the most hotly debated topics among the scholars. The present article is a contrastive analysis of the issue among the Islamic sects away from prejudice and prejudgment while taking the opponents’ standpoints more into consideration.To survey the issue of Imamate from the governmental approach makes the issue more significant, pictures the government system in Islamic society, and elaborates on the road map for the statesmen.To realize the significance of the issue, it should be stated that the misunderstanding of this issue sounds to be the root of all discrepancies among the Islamic sects; what can be the cause of unity among them.

The present article is to survey the Islamic histiography, especially in Morocco from the start to the end of 7th century. To this end, the notion of histiography and its significance is dealt with from the standpoint of the holy Quran and traditions in the first phase, and then the histiography approaches in Morocco are studied. The political state of Morocco, the rivalries among different countries so as to record their achievements, and the advent of different religious sects brought about the compilation of various writings in the west of Islamic World. Abazian, Fatemian, and Malekian are considered as the most well-known Islamic sects, which played a key role in the formation and perfection of Morocco histiography. Their works today mostly in translation are counted as our most significant sources for studying the political, cultural and social states of Morocco at that time.

The most outstanding gift won by Muslims is that their heavenly Book, i.e., the holy Quran, was collected soon after the holy Prophet’s demise and during the Ahlul Bayt’s lifetime and his companions, and then the holy Quran, the primary source of Islamic teachings, was dedicated to the holy Prophet’s Nation. However, the high merits and potentials of the holy Quran have brought about many controversies with regard to the religious issues. One of them is the issue of “seeing God” as Ashaereh firmly believe that God is visible on the Day of Doom while Motazeleh strongly rebut it, believing that we can only have faith in His Omnipresence. Shiism also believes that God is invisible neither in this world nor in the next and move further to state that one can observe Him with one’s “perception”, i.e., the heart’s eye. In this regard, the Mystics are in agreement with Shia, stating that man should attain perception. It is noteworthy to mention that Ahlul Bayt (peace be upon them) have also maintained the perception rather than the “intuitive feeling”, i.e., head’s eye, what the present article is to elaborate on.

The act of legislation in Islam is counted as a comprehensive issue, which includes diverse dimensions, including the howness of legislation in Islamic society, the exigency of legislation, the chronology of legislation, the classification of laws, the interpretation of legal notions, jurisprudence, rights, and their relationships.As observed, the comprehensiveness of the issue has multiplied the features being considered; however the present article attempts to survey the main issues in this regard, commensurate with the religious jurisprudent legislation.

Valadnameh, written in the year 690 Hijra by Soltan Valad (623-712 Hijra) - the eldest son of Molana, is to present a precise ethical and mystical commentary of holy Quran verses and hadiths along with the wise thoughts and allusions, and to depict the states of Molana Jalal Ul-Din (d.672 Hijra), Borhan Ul-Din Mohaghegh (561-638 Hijra), Shams Tabrizi (b. 582 Hijra), Salah Ul-Din Zarkub (d. 657657 Hijra) and other writers who had reflected a clear portray of physical and spiritual life of Molana and his disciples. This work includes about 10000 verses, written in the form of Masnavi in light poetical meter. Considering the different aspects of Masnavi, especially the great effect of the holy Quran as well as hadiths on Molana, it is understand that Soltan Valad is perhaps the first Sufi poet, who managed to follow as his model his father’s way of composing didactic poetry, and thus, the concepts and mysteries of his poems are well-digested through his father’s poetry. The present article attempts to study Molana’s effect on his son, Soltan Valad, and their common grounds with regard to the mystical terms.

The fact of existing discrepancy among mankind in perception is undeniable, resulting mainly from man’s nature and the existing differences in the universe. To recognize these discrepancies is a clear reason to apply the issue of “leniency” in society. The study of the holy Quran versus as well as Ahlul Bayts’ traditions clarifies that “leniency” is deemed as an essential principle in Islam and its application has always been one of the factors for propagating Islam in Arabia peninsula and then the whole world. Our religious leaders, especially the holy Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him) managed to reform the peoples’ lives through leniency. The present article intends to deal with the definition of “leniency” and its discrepancy with “flattery” and “tolerance”, and to study the holy Prophet’s manner at the time of Mecca conquest with regard to the indices of ignorance among Arab tribe.

To survey and elaborate on the ends of religious government so as to improve our perception and make a fair judgment of it sounds to be essential. There have been diversity of approaches regarding this issue; Material approach, Expressive approach and Eclectic approach are just a few.After examining the above-mentioned approaches, the present article defends the eclectic approach and then elaborates on it by making reference to the holy Quran and Ahlul Bayt’s traditions and finally proves that the religious government seeks after two ends:1. material perfection and 2. Spiritual perfection, which are equally considered as the main ends for religious government; the former is the way to the latter which is counted as the ultimate goal.