Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Faith and Reason

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Foreword
• Note
• Biography of Ayatullah Mahdi Hadavi Tehrani
• Note
• Question 1: Divine Will and Human Will
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 2: Free Choice & Divine Seal & Lock upon the hearts of the Perverse
• Brief answer
• Detailed Answer
• Allah’s (awj) seal on the hearts
• Notes
• Question 3: Possibility of knowledge of Allah 
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 4: Misguidance from Allah
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 5: Being Allah’s Servant
• Brief Answer
• Deatailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 6: Nearness to Allah
• Brief Answer
• Allah’s (awj) nearness to things
• Nearness to Allah (awj) in philosophical terms
• Detailed Answer
• Types of nearness in philosophical terms
• Allah’s (awj) nearness to things
• The way to get closer to Allah (awj) in a philosophical view
• Nearness to Allah from the view point of Qur`an and Hadith
• Notes
• Question 7: Friends of Allah not having Fear
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 8: Allah, Love or Fear?
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 9: Asking one’s need from other than Allah 
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 10: The Light of Heavens and the Earth 
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 11: Divine Tests
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 12: Allah’s Will in Human Guidance
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Question 13: Non-muslims and Hell
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 14: Self-Confidence and Trust in Allah 
• Brief Answer
• The Definition of Tawakkul
• Detailed Answer
• Analyzing the definition of self-confidence
• Analyzing the definition of Tawakkul
• Notes
• Question 15: Attaining Perfection
• Brief Answer
• 1. Definition of Kamal (Perfection) and How It Differs from Tamam (Completion) and Progress
• 2. Human Perfection from the Point of View of Islam
• 3. Different Views on Perfection
• Detailed Answer
• Definition of Perfection
• Human Perfection from the Point of View of Islam
• The Ideology of Power
• Philosophers’ Perspective on Human Perfection
• Mystics’ Perspective on Human Perfection
• Notes
• Question 16: The Angels and free-will
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 17: Satan’s Influence
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 18: Power of Satan and Jinn 
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• The Etymology of Satan and Jinn
• The Etymology of Jinn
• The Relationship between Jinn and Satan
• The Limits of Satan’s Power
• Satan’s Influence
• Notes
• Question 19: Resurrection
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• a. The Concept of Resurrection
• b. Possibility of Resurrection and its occurrence
• c. Claims and descriptions of resurrection and the circumstances of its occurrence
• d. Proof of Resurrection
• Notes
• Question 20: Heaven and Hell
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 21: The infallibility of the Prophets in the Qur’an 
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Qur`anic evidence in support of infallibility
• Qur`anic verses that seem to contradict the infallibility of the prophets
• Notes
• Question 22: The Original Sin of Adam and Eve
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 23: Purpose of Religion
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 24: Purpose of Creation
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 25: Signs for the re-emergence of Imam al-Mahdi
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• a. The Social Factors
• b. Religious and ideological factors
• c. Natural factors
• d. The individual and miraculous signs
• Notes
• Question 26: Issues such as marriage, place of residence etc etc, concerning the life of the Twelfth Imam  
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Prayer for the Health of the Twelfth Imam
• Notes
• Question 27: The qualities of human society after the re-appearance of Imam al-Mahdi - the state of Justice, oppression, poverty and sin
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• After the reappearance of Imam Mahdi (ع), how long will it take for him to establish the rule of justice?
• Will any needy individuals remain after his rule has been established?
• After Imam al-Mahdi (ع) establishes his rule, will there be any oppressors remaining in power?
• Will sin be totally annihilated after Imam Zaman’s (ع) rule has been established?
• Notes
• Question 28: Role of Women in the government of Imam al-Mahdi
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 29: The reason for Imam al-Zaman’s prolonmgued age
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• The Blessings of the Presence of Imam al-Mahdi (ع) during the Period of Occultation 
• Notes
• Question 30: Possbility of Decline in Imam al-Mahdis government
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Question 31: Difference in blood money between man and a woman in Islamic Jurisprudence
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Question 32: Difference in inheritance of women and men in Islamic Jurisprudence
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 33: The role a person plays in obtaining his sustenance
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 34: Treatment of Illness and Supplication 
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 35: Canonization of the Qur’an 
• Answer
• Note
• Question 36: The names of the Imams in the Qur’an 
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 37: Imamate at Childhood
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 38: Conditions to the fulfilment of Prayer
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 39: Sin: Reality, effect on Soul and Psyche
• Brief Answer
• The Reality of Sin
• The Effects of Sin
• The Cause of Sin
• The Way of Salvation
• Detailed Answer
• Sin: The Snare of Satan
• The Consequences of Sin
• The Social Effects of Sin
• The Cause of Sin: Ignorance and Obliviousness
• The Way of Redemption from Sin
• Notes
• Question 40: Kiramah (Magnanimity): Stations and Meanings
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Magnanimity from the Infallibles’ Viewpoint
• Notes
• Question 41: Pure Wine in the Qur’an 
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 42: Pre-requisites for understanding the Qur’an 
• Brief Answer
• Exoteric: One must have a firm grasp on
• Esoteric
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 43: al-Khidr’s actions in the Qur’an 
• Answer
• Notes
• Question 44: Existence of spirits within animals and its differnce from that of the Human Being 
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• The Existence of Spirit in Animals
• The Outward Manifestations of the Soul in the Animal
• Proofs for the Existence of Spirit in the Animal
• The Difference between the Animal Soul and the Human Soul
• Note
• Question 45: Limiting the Ahlul Bayt to a few individuals
• Brief Answer
• Discursive and textual proofs
• Traditional proofs
• Detailed Answer
• Discursive or Textual Proofs
• Traditional Proofs
• Notes
• Question 46: Compatibility of Religion and Politics
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Note
• Question 47: Relationship between governance of a jurist and the authority of a jurist
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Note
• Question 48: Legal imitation of a Jurist (mujtahid)
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Note
• Question 49: Difference between hukm and fatwa 
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• Notes
• Question 50: Religious Pluralism and different Interpretations of Religion 
• Brief Answer
• Detailed Answer
• A Brief History of Religious Pluralism
• A Review of Religious Pluralism
• The Various Interpretations of Religion
• A Review of Gadamer
• Some Points Worth Mentioning Regarding The Different Interpretations Of Religion 
• Other Publications by the Islamic Education Board 
• How to Order/Contact Information