Occultation (Ghaibat)

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By: Mohammad H. Yusofi Gharavi I. Sheik Koleini and the Reasons of the Occultation Sheik Koleini wrote the great book of Al-Kafi about forty years after the occultation. Eight chapters of this book are on Imam Mahdi (may God hasten his reappearance) two of which are about his occultation. He has mentioned some of the reasons for the Imam’s occultation in the first of these two chapters: II. Sheik No’mani and the First Book on the Occultation Abu Abdillah Mohammad Ibn Ibrahim Al-No’mani, was Kolaini’s student. He thought all of what Kolaini had narrated about the occultation was not sufficient for clearing all obscurities, doubts, and disputes aboutRead More →

Occultation (Ghaibat)

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By: Ibrahim Ramadhanian The material covered in this article can be classified into two major categories. The philosophy of the occultation is discussed first and, thereafter, the consequences and effects on the individual and community. I. The Philosophy of the Imam’s (may God hasten his reappearance) Occultation What is the reason for the divine Hujjah’s ccultation?  Answering this question is not very easy. For this is not a rational matter that could be reasoned logically, nor is a common issue that can be understood by common and wise people. It is a devotional issue that can only be clarified through divine sources and the sayings of theRead More →

Imam Jafar al-Sadiq

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Imam Jafar as-Sadiq was not only a religious leader, but a scientist, a philosopher and a man of letters. He used to teach theology, philosopher, science and literature. He was the first scholar in the world to have separated science and philosophy. No one before him paid any attention to the important point that they are two different subjects. He remarked, while pointing out the difference between the two which shocked many philosophers. They can be divided in two parts.The first part read as follows : “Science and philosophy are two different subjects. Science gives us definite and exact results even if they are smallRead More →

Imam Jafar al-Sadiq

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Imam Jafar as-Sadiq defined ‘literature’ as no one had ever denied during the past twelve centuries. He said : “Literature is the garment which one puts on what he says or writes so that it may appear more attractive.” He further said that it is possible that literature may have no knowledge, but there is no knowledge without literature. Every kind of knowledge contains literature, but every kind of literature does not necessarily contain knowledge. These are indeed concise and comprehensive definitions of the relationship between knowledge and literature.The Imam was indeed the pioneer to start the literary age. If he had not taken theRead More →