Zahra Jahanbazi; Mohammad Ghafoori Nezhad; Seyyed Alireza Vasei
Abstract
The study of the historical course of the appointment of the Imam by the previous Imam indicates its different aspect by Imam Kāẓim (as), to the extent that for the first time in ...
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The study of the historical course of the appointment of the Imam by the previous Imam indicates its different aspect by Imam Kāẓim (as), to the extent that for the first time in the culture of the Imamate, that Imam repeatedly introduced his successor in public. By examining the primary hadith sources, it is clear that 41 hadiths have been narrated about the introduction of the eighth Imam (as) by the previous Imam. In the meantime, in addition to the acceptance of these narrations by the general Imami companions, 11 hadiths based on the validity of the latter, are correct in terms of the document. The noticeable difference in the statistics of this group of narrations is more than anything due to factors such as the expansion of the Shiite community to the farthest corners of the Islamic world and the expansion of the advocacy organization; also, the prediction of deviant sects by Imam Kāẓim (as), including the Wāqifi sect, is led by some elders and lawyers. Explaining the issue of Imamate and the characteristics of the Imam, public announcement and introduction in public, guardian, caliph and guardian of the Imam in life and death, entrusting the vows of the Imamate, determining a special sign to know the Imam, much respect and other actions are some of the mechanisms of Imam Kāẓim (as) in announcing the Imamate of Imam Riḍā (as). This research tries to explore the various dimensions of the subject and express its secret in a historical and hadith method based on content analysis.
