Pathology of the Ahl al-Bayts' Lives Historical Studies

The pathology of historical studies of the Ahl al-Bayts' (AS) lives is one of the research priorities for their high position in the history of Shiism. Pathology states the factors or processes and procedures that impede doing research and gaining the truth. The main question of the research is what are the problems in studying the life history of Ahl al-Bayt (AS)? And what can be done to fix it? Using content analysis method and documentation of scientific experiences, this research is to examine some of the problems in the historical studies of the life of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) such as source studies, lack of attention to documents, populism, sanctimoniousness, sentimentality, hadithism, akhbarism, petrification, dogmatism, rigidity and infallibility and has shown that in studying the lives of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) in addition to explaining the truth of Islam and Shiism, by identifying and eliminating the above harms, the events of this period should be rationally and scientific studied to reach a comprehensive and scholarly study of the lives of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS).