Theological methodology of Shaykh al-Mufi

Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Numan, known as Shaykh al-Mufid (died at 413 A.H.) Gathering an exact knowledge of various sciences of his time (literature, logic, principles of jurisprudence, jurisprudence, history, hagiography of narration transmitters...) and enjoying a perceptive view about theological schools of his era (textualist and rationalist schools) he has adopted an especial theological method. While he uses rational reasons a lot, he admits the insufficiency and incompetence of reason concerning some of problems. We dealt in this article with writing method of Saykh Mufid's theological works, extent of his usage of reason and scripter, his approach in the issue of conflict between reason and scripture and his method in facing the other's opinions and in the end we have compared his method with other methods.