The Faith of the Imamiyyah Shi'ah
Book introduction
The faith of Imamiyyah
This is an Arabic book in the faith of Islam from the shitte view. Mr.Mozaffar had presented the contents of this book in the college of "Monta-dannashr" in 1943. The he published it with this name and also "Aqayedoshia" and his precious goal was unity between the Islamic sects.
Structure of the book
The present book contains the biography of the author written by Mohammad Mahdi Asefi, a preface from Dr.Hamed Hanafi Dawud, and a preface by the author and five seasons.
Contents
The faith of Imamiyyah is a collection of Islamic beliefs based on shitte thought and was organized in a short and fluent style. In contrast to prior ideological books, it is free of any difficulty to understand and it is understandable for everyone.
The author states in the preface of the book the beliefs of shia about epistemology, imitation in actions, Ijtehad and mojtahed.
The first season is about shitte theology including following topics:
Shitte belief about God, monotheism, characteristics of God, justice, duty, destiny and Bada.
In the second season by the title of prophecy argues the following topics:
Shitte belief about prophecy, blessing of prophecy, shitte beliefs about prophet's miracles, infallibility of prophets, characteristics of prophet Mohammad, shitte belief about other prophets and their books, shitte belief about Islam and lawmaker of it, and belief of Imamiyyah about Quran.
In the third season by the title of Imamate states the following topics: shitte belief about imamate, infallibility of Imam, characteristics and knowledge of Imam, necessity of obedience of Imams, passion of Ahlelbayt, infallible Imams, number of Imams, Imam Mahdi (A.S), Rajat, and Taghiya.
In the fourth season the author mentions mores that Imams taught Shia. The following topics are available:
Belief of Shia about praying, praying in Sahife Sajjadiyah, visiting dead, meaning of Shia in viewpoint of Ahlelbayt, offense, cooperating with oppressors.
The fifth season is about hereafter and states the shitte belief about hereafter and resurrection day and physical return.
This book is described by Ayatollah Mohsen Kharrazi and published by the title of " Almarafeol elahiye fi sharhe aqaedel imamiyah" in two volumes.
