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...

after the prophet death (pbuh), imam ali and other innocent             imams took efforts on protection, revival and teaching           prophetic tradition which was the interpretation of the holy   quran. they did necessary actions in this case such as:    invitation of imam ali from public to question about qur'anic exegesis, holding special sessions to teach quran     and its interpret...

in this paper attempts have been made to study the discourses dominating political islam to answer these questions: how can one categorize these diverse political islam discourses? what are the similarities and differences among these discourses in general, and with the islamic revolution discourse in particular? the research methodology employed for this study is historical-comparative and the...

 Political legitimacy is one of the basic and major concepts of political science especially      political thought. Different views of the meaning and the concept of political legitimacy go back to the roots of political legitimacy. In this article by using a comparative style, the author will attempt to      compare the concept of political legitimacy in Imam Khomeini and Jurgen Habermas's th...

The purpose of the chapter is to investigate how far Rae is representative of the Scottish Political Economy Tradition, where tradition is understood in terms of continuity in a shared approach, allowing for theoretical differences. While Rae conforms to most features identified with the Scottish tradition, his opposition to Smith’s methodology suggests a divergence of approach which would put ...

This article depicts a chaplain's role in various learning and teaching situations, including end-of-life care and cases requiring cultural competency and gender preferences. The cases exemplify and underscore the difference between the role of a chaplain and the imam, as well as the necessity to have imams and both male and female chaplains in the hospital. It also describes the training, educ...

political legitimacy is one of the basic and major concepts of political science especially      political thought. different views of the meaning and the concept of political legitimacy go back to the roots of political legitimacy. in this article by using a comparative style, the author will attempt to      compare the concept of political legitimacy in imam khomeini and jurgen habermas'...

This study aimed to determine the relationship between fiqh understanding and women’s religious role in tradition of female priests preachers (imam-khatib) Balingka, West Sumatra, Indonesia. A qualitative approach was used with data obtained through interviews informants, including (imam), scholars, village guardians, community leaders, women figures Balingka. Furthermore, documentation observa...