Criticism of Imams' knowledge of the Qur'an in the thought of Nasser al-Kaffari with an emphasis on Fariqin sources
Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Culture and Life, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
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استاد همکار دانشگاه المصطفی
10.22034/kalam.2025.937.1099
Abstract
One of the books that have been written in recent years criticizing Shia beliefs is the book "Principles of the Shia Religion Al-Umamiya Al-Ashni al-Ashriya" written by Nasser bin Abdullah bin Ali al-Qafari, which was written under the influence of Salafism and Wahhabi views. In this book, the Imam's beliefs, including the Imam's knowledge of the Qur'an and its branches such as the guardianship, the monopoly of the knowledge of the Qur'an for the Imams (a.s.), and the appropriation and cancellation of the Qur'an by their words, have been distorted and attacked. In this article, in processing information with descriptive and analytical method and in collecting it with library method and using flash recording, according to the sources of the parties, it has been analyzed and investigated their doubts in this field and criticized it. As a result of the unfoundedness of the doubts and problems of Ghafari and the knowledge of Imam Ali (a.s.) in the knowledge of the Qur'an, it is proved that the understanding of the Qur'an is not exclusive to the imams (a.s.) and the appropriation of the Qur'an by the words of the imams does not lead to the denial of the finality or change of the Sharia. to be
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Volume 3, Issue 6 - Serial Number 6
October 2024Pages 91-111
- Receive Date 13 November 2024
- Revise Date 11 January 2025
- Accept Date 05 March 2025