Journal of Razavi Culture

Abstract “Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil,” as two important divine obligations emphasized by the prophets, Imams, and the righteous, held a special place for Imam al-Jawad (as). Although the era of this noble Imam in Shiite history—marked by the martyrdom of Imam al-Rida (as), the uprisings of the Alawites, the spread and geographical expansion of Shiism, the increasing power of Ma’mun, and the Abbasid caliphate’s new political maneuvers, which ultimately strengthened their rule—was a period of great difficulty, Imam al-Jawad (as) actively promoted the enjoining of good and the struggle against various political, social, and moral corruptions in accordance with the circumstances of his time and place. Now, the question is: What methods did Imam al-Jawad (as) employ in fulfilling these two obligations? To answer this question, all relevant hadiths and reports concerning “enjoining good and forbidding evil” in the conduct of Imam al-Jawad (as) have been collected and methodologically analyzed in a descriptive-analytical manner. The compiled narrations are then examined in the section on “Methods of Applying Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil in the Conduct of Imam al-Jawad (as).”  

Abstract There are three notions among jurists about the wife’s share in inheritance if she is the only heir of her husband, and there are two notions about the husband’s share in inheritance if he is the only heir of his wife. The disagreement among jurists in this area originates from differences among narrations and hadiths. So studying documented narrations for determining the accuracy of every notion is inevitable. This study presents notions of jurists, in the first place. Then the documented narrations are studied within a descriptive-analytical method and the adopted notion of writers i.e. the content of Imam Reza’s hadith. Based on this notion, either wife or the husband inherits the residue of the estate of fixed shares from the other party, in addition to the share and fixed share specified in holy Quran, whether in the era of Imam Zaman’s presence or in his absence. This issue is one of the social concerns about which there is no text in Civil Code, but according to principle 167 of Iranian Constitution, the judge is bound to refer to reliable Islamic sources and valid juristic notions if he does not find any text containing articles regarding relevant lawsuits. So it is crucial to study the issue by examining evidences, documentations and presenting the adopted notion of writers.

Abstract The narratives from Imam Reza (AS) organized in the form of hadiths, debates and scientific discussions are particularly important. In addition to delivering appropriate answers to various questions raised by scholars from other religions and schools, Imam Reza (AS) spoke and reasoned with his audience based on personal ideology, which contributed to one of his key manifestations of cognitive ability. This paper attempts to examine the frequency and extent to which the Imam Reza's narratives can be found in sources from the two sects. Statistically compared, the majority of Sunni resources, despite numerous narrators from Imam in those days, demonstrate a lack of narrative. This study revealed that juridical and ethical subjects cover a wide spectrum of Imam Reza (AS) narratives in Shia hadith resources.