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Reason, Faith & Authority: A Shiite Perspective

Mohammad Ali Shomali
  • Reason, Faith & Authority: A Shi‘ite Perspective
    • The status of reason
    • Different roles of reason
    • Role of Reason in understanding Moral Values
    • Faith & Reason
    • The Nature of Faith
    • Faith requires reason
    • Faith supports and strengthens reason
    • Authority
    • Principle One: Obedience belongs only to God
    • Principle Two: Human freedom
    • Principle Three: Delegation of obedience
    • Principle Four: Authority of the Prophet
    • First: Delivering Divine Message
    • Second: Judgement
    • Third: Rule
    • Principle Five: Delegation of the Prophet’s Authority to Imam Ali and successive Imams
    • Principle Six: Delegation of the authority of Imams to the jurists
    • Who is a faqih?
    • The role of jurists in the time of minor occultation
    • Bibliography
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Islam
Qur'an
Hadith
Faith (Iman)

In this paper, the author discusses the importance of reason in Islam, its relevance and connection to true faith and also explains what authority is in Islam and to whom it belongs. He does so in the light of the Quran and traditions.

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Mohammad Ali Shomali
Ahlul Bayt World Assembly
  • Reason, Faith & Authority: A Shiite Perspective
    • Reason, Faith & Authority: A Shi‘ite Perspective
      • The status of reason
      • Different roles of reason
      • Role of Reason in understanding Moral Values
      • Faith & Reason
      • The Nature of Faith
      • Faith requires reason
      • Faith supports and strengthens reason
      • Authority
      • Principle One: Obedience belongs only to God
      • Principle Two: Human freedom
      • Principle Three: Delegation of obedience
      • Principle Four: Authority of the Prophet
      • First: Delivering Divine Message
      • Second: Judgement
      • Third: Rule
      • Principle Five: Delegation of the Prophet’s Authority to Imam Ali and successive Imams
      • Principle Six: Delegation of the authority of Imams to the jurists
      • Who is a faqih?
      • The role of jurists in the time of minor occultation
      • Bibliography
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