The Topics of the Articles of
the International Congress in Honor of
ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn Lakhnawī (RA)
1. Personality and Time of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn (RA)
1.1. ʿAbaqāt family and their life coordinates in moral, cultural, economic and social dimensions
1.1.1. Genealogy and social position of the ʿAbaqāt family in the Indian subcontinent (Muḥammed Qulī, Iʿdjāz Ḥusayn, Ḥāmid Ḥusayn, Nāsir al-Millah, Saʿīd al-Millah etc.)
1.1.2. examination of the genealogy of the ʿAbaqāt family
1.1.3. the masters of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn and their role in the personality and works of ʿAllāmah (Muftī Muḥammed Qulī, Sulṭān al-ʿUlamāʾ, Sayyid al- ʿUlamāʾ, Mumtāz al-ʿUlamāʾ, Muftī Muḥammad ʿAbbas and …)
1.1.4. The economic and livelihood situation of the ʿAbaqāt family and its effect on their scientific and cultural efforts
1.1.5. Personal and social life-style of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn (RA) (Ethical and spiritual life-style, social and family interaction life-style, etc.)
1.1.6. ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn’s scientific activities during Hajj and pilgrimage journey to holy cities of Iraq (meeting with scholars, buying books, taking notes in the libraries of Mecca and Medina and other cities)
1.2. ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn’s role in the struggle against the divisive and Anti-Islamic wave of the book Tuḥfah Ithnāʿshariyyah (The Gift for the Twelver Shiʿa)
1.2.1. The effect of Delhi school activities on the transformation of the social relations of Islamic denomination in the Indian subcontinent and its relation with other Salafist currents
1.2.2. Naṣrullāh Kābulī’s Book of Al-Ṣawāqiʿ Al-Mūbiqah and its relationship with the book of Tuḥfah Ithnāʿshariyyah
1.2.3. The influence of the book Tuḥfah Ithnāʿshariyyah on the later works of the Sunnis
1.2.4. The factors and motivations for authoring the book Tuḥfah Ithnāʿshariyyah and its social, political and cultural consequences
1.2.5. The relationship of the book Al-Manḥat al-Ilāhiyyah with the Tuḥfah Ithnāʿshariyyah and its position in Sunni belief debates and the reaction of Shiʿa scholars to it
1.2.6. The refutations of Tuḥfah Ithnāʿshariyyah and the their relation to each other
1.2.7. The refutations of the seventh chapter (bāb) of Tuḥfah Ithnāʿshariyyah and their relation to each other
1.2.8. ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn’s role in the revival of the Imāmah culture
1.2.9. Role of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn’s works in neutralizing the anti-Shiʿa activities of the Salafi school of Delhi
1.2.10. The reactions of Sunni scholars against the release of ʿAbaqāt al-Anwār from the past to the present
1.3. Interactions between Shiʿa Seminaries in India, Najaf and Iran during the flourishing period of Lakhnaw school
1.3.1. Scientific interactions between Shiʿa Seminaries of India and Najaf and its role in strengthening scientific works
1.3.2. Scientific interactions between Shiʿa Seminaries of India and Iran and its role in strengthening scientific works
1.3.3. Social and economic interactions between Shiʿa Seminaries of India and Iraq
1.3.4. The political and economic relations of Lakhnaw with other Islamic countries during the time of the Awadh kings
1.4. Recognizing and introducing Shiʿī and Sunni currents and personalities in India in the 12th to 14th AH / 17th to 19th CE centuries and the types of their interactions with each other
1.4.1. The Delhi Kalāmī School specifics
1.4.2. The Lakhnaw Kalāmī School specifics
1.4.3. The factors of the formation of extremist Salafi currents in India in the 12th to 14th AH / 17th to 19th CE centuries
1.4.4. The role of colonial governments in the interactions of Shiʿa and Sunni religious currents in India during the era of ʿAllāmah
1.4.5. The influence of the Islamic governments of India in 11th and 12th AH/ 16th and 17th CE centuries in the formation of religious currents and their role in religious and cultural interactions
1.4.6. Recognizing prominent Sunni currents and personalities in India in the 12th to 14th AH/ 17th to 19th CE centuries
1.4.7. Recognizing prominent Shiʿa currents and personalities in India in the 12th to 14th AH/ 17th to 19th CE centuries
1.4.8. Recognizing the sectarian geography of the Islamic world in the time of ʿAllāmah
1.5. The place of Shiʿī thinkers among the rulers of Awadh and its influence on the spread of Shiʿism in the Indian subcontinent
1.5.1. The role of the Awadh rulers in the establishment and expansion of the Shiʿa community in India
1.5.2. Interactions between the two Safavid and Awadh Shiʿī governments
1.5.3. The effects of the collapse of the Awadh government on the scientific-cultural movement of Lakhnaw school
1.5.4. Interactions between the institutions of religion and politics in Lakhnaw (Lucknow), India
1.5.5. The intellectual and political life of the Idjtihād family and its influence on their interaction with the kings of Awadh
1.5.6. The position of the ʿAbaqāt family in sight of the political rulers and their role in maintaining and expanding Shiʿism in the Indian subcontinent
2. The Scholarly Works of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn (RA)
2.1. Comparison of ʿAbaqāt with other prominent works on Imāmah
2.1.1. Comparison of ʿAbaqāt al-Anwār with Qāḍī Nūrullah Shūshtarī’s Iḥqāq al-Ḥaqq
2.1.2. Comparison of ʿAbaqāt al-Anwār with Sayyid Sharaf al-Dīn’s Al-Murādjiʿāt
2.1.3. Comparison of ʿAbaqāt al-Anwār with ʿAllāmah Amīnī’s Al-Ghadīr
2.1.4. Comparison of ʿAbaqāt al-Anwār with ʿAllāmah Ḥillī’s Nahdj al- Ḥaqq
And ʿAllāmah al-Muẓaffar’s Dalāʾl al-Ṣidq
2.2. The effect of ʿAllāmah’s scientific works on Imamate research of future generations
2.3. Analytical introduction of the Tuḥfah Ithnāʿshariyyah and its refutations
2.4. Comparison of ʿAbaqāt with other refutations of the Tuḥfah
2.5. Quantitative and qualitative identification and analysis of the sources of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn‘s works, especially in ʿAbaqāt
2.6. The book Istiqṣāʾ al-Afḥām and its role in the field of Shiʿa Studies and defense of Shiʿism
2.7. ʿAllāmah’s role in edition and complement of the works of Muftī Muḥammed Qulī (his father)
2.8. Recognizing and introducing ʿAllāmah’s treatises and manuscripts in jurisprudence, theology (Kalām), Quranic exegesis, hadith, rijāl etc.
2.9. The role of predecessors’ works in ʿAllameh’s writings
2.10. Nāṣiriyyah library and its scientific and cultural position
3. Methodology of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn (RA)
3.1. Kalāmī Method and the way of debate and response
3.1.1. Religious knowledge sources in ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn’s thought
3.1.2. ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn’s benefit from the books of previous religions in Kalāmī discussions
3.1.3. ʿAllāmah’s methods in contradictory answers to misgivings
3.1.4. Methods of thought convincing in answering misgivings in ʿAllāmah’s works
3.1.5. ʿAllāmah’s methods in using arguments and analogies to answer misgivings
3.1.6. ʿAllāmah’s methods in the textual analysis of misgivings
3.1.7. The place of misgiving genealogy in answering misgivings based on ʿAllāmah’s works
3.1.8. The conditions and dimensions of “Qāʿidah al-Ilzām” (the mandatory rule) in the debate with the opponent
3.1.9. Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn’s innovations in Kalāmī methodology
3.2. Methodology of criticizing fake ḥadīths
3.2.1. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in discrediting ḥadīth sources
3.2.2. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in the documentary criticism of ḥadīths
3.2.3. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in preferring the narrator’s weakness in different narrators
3.2.4. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in in the content criticism of ḥadīths
3.2.5. Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn’s innovations in methodology of criticizing fake ḥadīths
3.3. Ridjāl method and validation of ḥadīths
3.3.1. The Ridjālī bases of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn in the field of Shiʿa Ridjāl
3.3.2. The Ridjālī views of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn
3.3.3. Validity of the Sunni ḥadīth sources in the works of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn
3.3.4. Validity of the Shiʿa ḥadīth heritage in view of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn and criticizing the rival theory
3.3.5. Criticism of the double and fanatical standards of the Sunnis in validating ḥadīths
3.3.6. The origin of ḥadīths distortion by the Ahl al-Sunnah
3.3.7. Functions of mentioning the extreme and extravagant thoughts of the Sunnis in the works of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn
3.3.8. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in proving validity based on the semantic network of ḥadīths
3.3.9. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in proving validity of the ḥadīths books
3.3.10. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in authenticating of the ḥadīths books
3.3.11. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in proving validity of the famous ḥadīths
3.3.12. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in proving validity of the Ḥisān (lit. good) ḥadīths
3.3.13. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in proving the Tawātur (total frequency; mass narration) of ḥadīths
3.3.14. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in proving the authenticity of Āḥād (lit. single) ḥadīths
3.3.15. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in tawthīq (authenticating) the ḥadīth narrators
3.3.16. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in preferring the tawthīq (authenticating) of the ḥadīth narrator in the disputed narrators
3.3.17. The history of Shiʿa and Sunni ḥadīth in the works of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn
3.3.18. The innovations of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn in Ridjālī methodology
3.4. The Fiqh al-Ḥadīth (understanding ḥadīths) method
3.4.1. The Fiqh al-Ḥadīth bases of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn
3.4.2. The role of exploring the analogy and the its criterion in understanding ḥadīths in ʿAllāmah’s method
3.4.3. The role of the cause of ḥadīth issuance in discovering the serious meaning of ḥadīth in ʿAllāmah’s method
3.4.4. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in using the ḥadīths of the same family (similar ḥadīths) to prove Imamate
3.4.5. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in using the Companions’ understanding to prove Imamate
3.4.6. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in benefitting the Sunni scholars’ understanding to prove Imamate
3.4.7. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in using ḥadīths to understand the Quranic verses
3.4.8. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in using the Quranic verses to understand ḥadīths
3.4.9. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in proving Imamate on the basis of semantic network of the narrations
3.4.10. Application of literary discussions in Fiqh al-Ḥadīth (understanding ḥadīths) by ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn
3.4.11. The innovations of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn in Fiqh al-Ḥadīth methodology
3.5. Exegetical Method
3.5.1. Examining the validity of Quranic exegetical books and their authors from ʿAllāmah‘s point of view (Fakhri Rāzī, Ālūsī, Suyūtī, Zamakhsharī, etc.)
3.5.2. Interpretability of the Qur’an according to ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn
3.5.3. The quality of ʿAllāmah’s encounter with the ḥadīths related to the distortion of the Qur’an and ḥadīths of Taʾwīl (non-literal interpretation)
3.5.4. Compilation of the Qur’an according to ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn
3.5.5. ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn’s exegetical bases and the role of his Kalāmī bases in the Quranic exegesis
3.5.6. Muḥkam (clear) and Mutashābih (ambiguous) from the point of view of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn and its comparison to others’
3.5.7. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in using evidences for denotation and philology of verses
3.5.8. ʿAllāmah’s methodology in studying the concept of Quranic words
3.5.9. The place of literature and rhetoric in understanding the texts of the Qur’an and Ḥadīth, in ʿAllāmah’s view
3.5.10. The place of cause and status of the verses revelation (nuzūl =lit. descend) in the exegetical method of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn
3.5.11. Innovations of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn in exegetical methodology
3.5.12. The role of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) in understanding the Quran from the view point of ʿAllāmah
3.5.13. The view point of ʿAllāmah on the validity of the Quranic literal meanings
3.5.14. The view point of ʿAllāmah on the discussion of Nāsīkh (the abrogating verse) and Mansūkh (the abrogated verse) in the holy Quran.
3.5.15. The discussion of the distortion of Quran from the view point of ʿAllāmah
3.5.16. The view point of ʿAllāmah on the place of denomination in authenticating (taʿdīl =lit. to justify) and invalidating (jdarḥ =lit. to injure) the narrators
3.6. Method of History Studies
3.6.1. The place of the Qur’an in ʿAllāmah’s historical studies
3.6.2. The place of the narrations in ʿAllāmah’s historical studies
3.6.3. The place of reason in ʿAllāmah’s historical studies
3.6.4. The influence of ʿAllāmah’s historical theories on historical works after him
3.6.5. Historical books and their authors from the sight of ʿAllāmah
3.6.6. The innovations of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn in the methodology historical studies
3.7. ʿAllāmah’s Biographical Studies and Source Studies
3.7.1. The position and authority of the Ahl al-Bayt and the Purified Imāms (AS)
3.7.2. the Sunni figures such as Abū Ḥanīfah, Jāḥiz and …
3.7.3. ʿAllāmah’s view about Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim
3.7.4. ʿAllāmah’s view about Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī
3.7.5. ʿAllāmah’s view about the six Ṣaḥīḥs
3.7.6. ʿAllāmah’s view about the Muwaṭṭaʾ of Mālik b. Anas
3.7.7. ʿAllāmah’s view about the book al-Mawḍūʿāt of Ibn Juzi
3.7.8. ʿAllāmah’s view about the other important works and figures
3.8. Stylistics and literature of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn‘s works
3.9. Ideas on making the ʿAbaqāt Applicable for today’s society
4. Studying the Thoughts of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn
4.1. Monotheistic Thoughts
4.1.1. arguments for monotheism and negation of polytheism in ʿAllāmah’s thought
4.1.2. The criteria of faith and disbelief from the perspective of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn
4.1.3. Examining the attribution of belief in physicality of God to Shiʿa and Sunni in the works of ʿAllāmah
4.1.4. ʿAllāmah’s view on the divine justice
4.1.5. Badāʾ (lit. change of will) from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.2. Studies on Prophethood
4.2.1. The dimensions and scope of the prophets’ infallibility from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.2.2. Miracle and its place in proving the righteousness of divine Ḥujjah (Imām)
4.2.3. The relationship between Prophethood and Imāmah and the necessity of obedience from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.3. Imāmah al-ʿĀmmah (Public Discussions of Imamate)
4.3.1. The concept of Imāmah and related words in the works of ʿAllāmah’s works
4.3.2. The reality of Imāmah and Wilāyah (lit. Guardianship) and its domain from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.3.3. Necessity of Imāmah in view of Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn
4.3.4. Imāmah as being a principle in view of Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn
4.3.5. The ways of determining the Imām from the perspective of ʿAllāmah and the place of the Naṣṣ (textual evidence)
4.3.6. Religious authority of Ahl al-Bayt (AS) and its dimensions from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.3.7. Imām’s Qualifications and their relationship with the potentiality and actuality of Imamate from the perspective of ʿAllāmah
4.3.8. The concept and measures of Imām’s superiority and the necessity of Imām’s superiority from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.3.9. The concept and necessity of the Imām’s being the most knowledgeable of from the point of view of ʿAllāmah
4.3.10. Considering Amīr al-Muʾminīn (ʿAlī) (AS) and the Prophet (SAWA) and its function in Imāmah from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.3.11. Evidences of Imamate of Imām Ḥasan and Imām Ḥusayn (AS) from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.3.12. Ethical thoughts and its use in investigating Imāmah discussions in ʿAllāmah’s works
4.3.13. Proofs and the realm of infallibility from the point of view of ʿAllāmah
4.3.14. The temporal realm of Ahl al-Bayt’s infallibility and its relationship with the revelation of the verse of purification (Āyah al-Taṭhīr)
- 3. 15. Imām’s knowledge and its dimensions from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.3.16. Barāʾah (acquittal( and Tabarrī (to acquit oneself) from ʿAllāmah’s point of view (conceptualization, necessity functions and examples)
4.3.17. The concept and basics of taqiyyah from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.3.18. Islamic approximation and unity from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.3.19. The critical view of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn about the hadith “Aṣḥābī ka al-Nudjūm; My companions are like the stars”
4.3.20. Reality and criteria of Naṣb (taking a hostile position to the Ahl al-Bayt) and Nāṣibīgari (hostility to the Ahl al-Bayt)
4.3.21. Criticizing Dehlavi’s claim of love for the Ahl al-Bayt (AS)
4.3.22. ʿAllāmah’s view on the justice of the Companions
4.3.23. ʿAllāmah’s critical approach to the role of the Companions in the transmission of prophetic teachings
4.3.24. Criticism of the fanatical thoughts of Sunnis and its consequences
4.3.25. Aspects of investigating the examples of the twelve (Ithnayʿashar) Imāms in the works of ʿAllāmah
4.3.26. Imām’s religious and political authorities from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.3.27. ʿAllāmah’s critical approach to Ibn Rūzbahān’s views on Imāmah issues
4.3.28. ʿAllāmah’s critical approach to Jaḥiz’s views on Imāmah issues
4.3.29. ʿAllāmah’s critical approach to Aʿwar Wāsiṭī’s views on Imāmah issues
4.3.30. ʿAllāmah’s critical approach to Fakhr Rāzī’s views on Imāmah issues
4.3.31. ʿAllāmah’s critical approach to Ibn Tīmiyyah’s views on Imāmah issues
4.3.32. Mahdawiyyah and its arguments from Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn’s point of view
4.3.33. Criticizing Ahl al-Sunnah’s claim to love Ahl al-Bayt (AS)
4.3.34. ʿAllāmah’s critical view regarding the esoteric reading of the proofs of Imāmah (the Ḥadīth of Ghadīr, the Ḥadīth of Safīnah etc.)
4.4. Arguments for the Imāmah al-Khaṣṣah (especial discussions of Imāmah)
4.4.1. The verse of Wilāyah (guardianship) and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.2. The verse of Taṭhīr (purification) and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.3. The verse of Mubāhalah (lit. to curse each other) and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.4. The verse of Mawaddah (to love the Ahl al-Bayt) and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.5. The verse of Masʾūlūn (the responsible) and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.6. The verse of al-Sābiqūn (the formers) and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.7. The Ghadīr verses and their functions in proving Imāmah issues
4.4.8. The verses of Ṭālūt’s government and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.9. The verse “Al-Nabiyyu awlā bi al-Muʾminīn min anfusihim” and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.10. The verse “ʾInna Akramakum ʿinda Allāh Atqākum” and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.11. The verse “ʾInnamā anta Mondhirun” and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.12. ʿAllāmah’s new achievements in Imāmah Studies in the verses of Imāmah
4.4.13. ʿAllāmah’s new achievements in Imāmah Studies in the narrations of Imāmah
4.4.14. The Ghadīr Ḥadīth and its functions in proving Imāmah issues
4.4.15. The Thaqalayn Ḥadīth and its functions in proving Imāmah issues
4.4.16. The Safīnah Ḥadīth and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.17. The Tashbīh Ḥadīth and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.18. The Nūr Ḥadīth and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.19. The Ḥadīth of Madīnah and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.20. The Ḥadīth of Wilāyah and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.21. The Ḥadīth of Manzalah and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.22. The Ḥadīth of Ṭayr and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.23. The Ḥadīth of “ʿAlīun Maʿa al-Ḥaqq” and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.24. The Ḥadīth of Khaybar and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.25. The Ḥadīth of Munāṣabah and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.4.26. The Ḥadīth of “Taqtultka al-Fiʾah al-Bāghiyyah” and its functions in proving the issues of Imāmah
4.5. ʿAllāmah’s Quranic and Ḥadīth Thoughts
4.5.1. The place of revelation and reason in knowledge according to ʿAllāmah
4.5.2. Compilation of the Quran and the order of the verses and Sūrah (chapters) according to ʿAllāmah
4.5.3. The Quran being miraculous and its evidences according to ʿAllāmah
4.6. ʿAllāmah’s Kalāmī Thoughts
4.6.1. The dimensions and functions of the rule of Lutf (lit. grace) in ʿAllāmah’s works
4.6.2. The dimensions and functions of the rule of Tardjiīḥ bilā Muradjdjiḥ (non-preferred preference) in ʿAllāmah’s works
4.6.3. Itmām al-Ḥudjdjah (Completion of the argument) and its dimensions in the thought of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn
4.6.4. The dimensions and functions of the rule of rational good and badness in ʿAllāmah works
4.7. The view of ʿAllāmah Mīr Ḥāmid Ḥusayn on the relationship between the issues of jurisprudence and the principles of jurisprudence with the knowledge of Imāmah
4.7.1. ʿAllāmah’s point of view about Mushtarak al-Lafẓī (a word which has several meanings, homonymous) and Mushtarak al-Maʿnawī (a word which has one meaning with several levels and cases) and its functions in issues of Imāmah
4.7.2. Ordinary understanding and its role in solving Imāmah issues from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.7.3. Tabādur (the meaning in prima facie) and its role in solving Imāmah issues from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.7.4. ʿAllāmah’s view on ʿĀmm (general) and Khāṣṣ (special) and its functions in matters of Imamate
4.7.5. ʿAllāmah’s point of view on the validity of the exception (Ithtisnāʾ) and its relation with the understanding comprehensiveness in Imāmah discussions
4.7.6. Muṭlaq (Absolute) and Muqayyad (binding) and its functions in solving Imāmah issues
4.7.7. Naṣṣ (explicit) and Ẓāhir (clear or apparent) and its functions in issues of Imāmah
4.7.8. The context of the text and its role in solving Imāmah issues from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.7.9. The authenticity of al-Khabar al-Wāḥis (the single narration) and its function in the discussions of Imāmah
4.7.10. The realm of authority of non-Shia narrations in belief issues from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.7.11. ʿAllāmah’s view on Idjmāʿ (consensus)
4.7.12. The function of Istiṣḥāb (lit. companionship) in solving Imāmah issues
4.7.13. Measures for conflict resolution from ʿAllāmah’s point of view
4.7.14. The effect of ʿAllāmah’s bases in the principles Jurisprudence in his studies in Imāmah
4.7.15.The functions of jurisprudential propositions in examining the issues of Imāmah with a focus on criticizing the caliphate of the Caliphs
(method of theological jurisprudence)
