Journal of Razavi Culture

Abstract Shiite leadership for the first time in the era of Imam Javad (A.S.) faced different questions. This led to a special position for the Imam. Although, he achieved the successorship (Imamate) at early ages, he was successful in facing the forthcoming problems, both in politics and society and beliefs and thoughts. He directed Shiite successorship in an appropriate path in a way that there was no other persistent split in Shiite religion and Imamate. Imam Javad (A.S.) had a particular mission compared to other Imams due to his presence in a special period of history; which was the mission of being a role model and making role modeling for the future of religious thinking. This continued to the absence of the twelfth Imam. This article attempts to demonstrate him being a role model briefly and to answer this question that why this Imam has been distinguished to such a concept? The main hypothesis of this paper is that Imam Javad (A.S.), due to his presence in the period of rationalism and influx of critical thoughts, took the position of cleaning the Islamic thought by presenting an excelled criterion and could turn to a persistent role model in Shiite history despite all political and intellectual invasions.

Abstract                      According to Shi’ism, the infallible Imams are neither the founders of the divine religion, nor do they play any role increasing or decreasing it.  As religious authorities, they are supposed to elucidate the truth of religion and Prophet Mohammad’s true tradition and seerah, which has been deliberately or unknowingly subject to different interpretations in the course of time and in different periods of history. This might have driven the prophetic seerah out of its true direction.  This research, which has been inspired to investigate the genealogy of a moral teaching, dealing with the tradition of family in Razavi seerah, purports to examine the roots and sources of Imam Reza’s statements in this regard and demonstrate how the issue of family, which is currently a complicated, important, and to some extant ambiguous topic, is reflected in his words. The requirements to establish a family and the kind of relationship that can consolidate it and create a dignified and appropriate life are of concern for many people these days. In this research, we examine the reflections of this issue in Imam Reza’s language and seerah, and more importantly explore the sources of imam’s data in this respect, or its genealogy. We try to answer this question by investigating the Imam’s quotations and comparing them with those of his predecessors. The hypothesis of this research is that Imam’s primary motivation for citing the words of the Prophet and other religious leaders has been to revive the Islamic traditions and promoting religious values and also to gain support for his remarks and comments, which is necessary to make one’s words more effective and persuade the audience in promoting and explaining the religion.