ناصر شعبانی; Mostafa Soltani
Abstract
It has long been a place of dispute amongst the Muslims whether Imamate is a position to be granted to Imam through election or appointment; on the one hand, the Imamyya School, based on a rational explanation, holds that Imam is to be immediately appointed by the Word of God and His Messenger (PBUH); ...
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It has long been a place of dispute amongst the Muslims whether Imamate is a position to be granted to Imam through election or appointment; on the one hand, the Imamyya School, based on a rational explanation, holds that Imam is to be immediately appointed by the Word of God and His Messenger (PBUH); They first argue that like all other mercies He is expected to bestow, the appointment of Imam is a mercy of God so that to amend His servant's affairs, and secondly, since Quran requires Imam to be innocent and superior and God is the only aware of the quality of everyone in the universe, He just has the right to endorse the Imamate of Imam, the viewpoint affirmed by Allameh Hilli in his Nahj-ul-Hagh. On the other hand, the Sunni School considers that there is not any text denoting the appointment of Imam neither by God nor by the prophet and the designation of Imam is an election to be done by the people, the viewpoint affirmed by Fazl Ibn Roozbehan in Ibtal-ul-Batil. This thesis comparatively surveys viewpoints of the two scholars, representatives of two Mainstreams of thought in the Muslim world, firstly to clarify the original thought of Shia, secondly to respond to the enemies of Imamyya School, and thirdly to revise their probable commonalities to be employed for the closeness of Shia and Sunni Muslims.
Seyyed Kazem Kazem Mousavi; Mostafa Soltani
Abstract
Muslims share the same views on many religious, fiqh, and ethical issues. This article has attempted to address one common principle of theological religions and to bring this truth to the fore by presenting an interpretation and explanation of the religions of the most important issue of belief, monotheism ...
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Muslims share the same views on many religious, fiqh, and ethical issues. This article has attempted to address one common principle of theological religions and to bring this truth to the fore by presenting an interpretation and explanation of the religions of the most important issue of belief, monotheism and Muslims call for infidelity and dualism by calling for monotheism. METHOD: This is a descriptive-analytical study and according to the type of research it has been done as a librarian. FINDINGS: The results of the study showed that contrary to the verses and traditions that invite people to the Touhid and they call intercession and intercession instances of worship and divine closeness, The "Wahhabism " of resorting to and intercession of God's authorities is incompatible with the principle of monotheism in worship. Therefore, Ibn Taymiyyah imagines praying for intercession from his relatives and resorting to sacred spirits and so all Muslims except the people who think like him are polytheists and infidels and this has caused a sharp divide among the Islamic Ummah and Monotheism, which can be the best means of unifying the Islamic Ummah, has become a tool of division. RESULT: The only way to reach divine perfection and unity is to unite the Muslims and to unite around Hibbullah and Touhid that the prophets have become for this purpose.
