muhammad ibn muhammad ibn numan, known as "shaykh mufid," one of the great imamiye theologians and jurists in the fourth and early fifth century , had comprehensive mastery of both rational and traditional topics and exerted his influence upon both his contemporary and future scholors. he is considered to be one of the top imamiye scholars who spent his lifetime teaching, learning and authorin...

Abu Al-Hasan Ali ibn Ebrāhim Qomi (born in 307AH) is one of the most eminent hadith narrators. The Shiite experts have verified his trusteeship. The exegesis attributed to him which is now accessible for all, includes points that is not in accordance with his scientific status. According to the authors of the present article, in this exegesis there are some forged narrations which stand on exag...

the emergence of constitutional movement and the changes caused this anti-government revolution is one of essential issues in the contemporary history of iran. this paper points out to the routs of constitutionalism which orign from tobacco banned movement and then introduces some of the clergies who played crucial roles in the events led to constitutional movement and the events after dominati...

In his Masnavi, Jalaluddin Rumi writes about a marvelous Shaykh who could walk in the desert at night and see things in the dark. This Shaykh was the 3rd/9th Century mystic Abu Άbdullah al-Maghribi whose biography is found in different hagiographies, including the Thdhkirat al-aulia of Fariduddin Attār of Nishapur. Maghribi was a vegetarian and lived a long life (over 120 years). Some of his ...