among the traditions concerning the signs of wisdom, there is a tradition related from imam al-ṣādiq (a.s.) introducing the person wearing a long beard, the signet of his ring, and his nickname, as indications of his lack of wisdom. while examining the sanad and text of this tradition, the article seeks to find out the real source of this saying and the various possibilities about the source an...

eve the adam's wife is the first woman that is mentioned in myths and narratives. the verses of the quran do not explain quality of eve's creation. meanwhile some of traditions exist in early hadith sources that consider eve or generally women as being created from man or from certain limb (rib) of him. in this article, these hadith sources having been classified and quoted, are studi...

according to the content of the traditions that later on became renowned as “traditions of exposition” (‘arḍ) in the language of the legal theorists and jurists, the traditions whose issuance by the infallibles is suspicious are exposed to the holy qur’ān and are at least rejected in case they are opposed by the qur’ān. these traditions, that are among the sound and valid traditions in the shī‘...

In this paper the question of whether the Phrygian mode is always associated with perceived emotional responses of negative valence is looked into. To this end, we carried out a series of experiments. Music from twomusical traditions where the Phrygian mode is very common, flamenco and Galician music, were chosen for listening tests. Our subjects were 124 children of age 4-7. Some subjects were...

GIVING BIRTH IS A UNIQUE EVENT. Apart from being a crucial physiologic process for mother and child, it is a psychological, social and sociological phenomenon. If it is a first birth for a young and recently wed girl, she becomes a mother, of a different and elevated status. In some societies this status is further enhanced if the newborn is a male. In ordinary circumstances, the birth of a chi...

background and objective: today, much attention is being paid to the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. in some parts of the world, the rate of cardiovascular disease is low due to a mediterranean diet containing olive oil. this systematic review examined the verses and traditions in order to express opinions on olive and compare it with the findings of modern medicine. methods: this is a q...

Some Muslim thinkers have had disagreements over the use of the word “‘ishq” in religious texts since many years ago. The main claim made by those who prohibit the use of this word for the sacred associations such as God, the Prophet (s), and Imāms is that the meaning of this word is appropriate only to the material and carnal issues and so, it has not been used in religious texts and its conce...