محمد محمدی ری شهری

The straight path (al-Ṣīrāṭ al-Mustaqīm) is another expression for the route of true worship; that is to say, the specificities of the worship of God are identical with the characteristics of the straight path. Similarly, the acts and rituals of the revealed law or religion with which man should comply in the course of his thralldom correspond to the manifestations of the straight path. These specificities consist in correspondence to rational standards, the following of the truth, moderateness, clarity and unity of the path. In this context, we have highlighted the necessary consequences of these specificities one by one, the problem of pluralism and the difference between ‘Ṣiraṭ’ and ‘Sabīl’.

Naskh (Abrogation) in the Quran is one of the controversial issues of theQuranic Studies. Its nature, features, examples and issues have provoked widespread debate in the Quranic Studies. The product of these discussions affects, directly or indirectly, the sciences such as jurisprudence and exegesis of the Holy Quran.Recognition of abrogation theory of Ahl al- Bayt’s Hadiths, its concept and scope, along with answers to the questions and doubts are the main topic of this paper which have been organizedthrough an analytical approach.

Those traditions which have mentioned the virtue of pilgrimage to Imam Hussayn's Shrine, though different in explanation, the have one point in common: they regard its virtue more than hajj and `umrih and some of them equal its virtue to several hajjs. The author of this article, after mentioning a few hadiths in this regard for instance, tries to explain the reason of this superiority.

Though the correction of consumption pattern is not a familiar term in Islamic hadiths but considering hadiths which reject prodigality we can trace it in Islamic thought. In this paper, the author first explains about the principles of correcting the pattern of consumption. Then he makes a picture of dos and don’ts regarding consumption pattern while using private and public facilities and present some solutions to it. He points to infallible Imams’ lifestyle and renders some examples of their behavior.

Beside lots of hadiths indicating two type of Divine decree (viz. dispensable and indispensable) there are some other hadiths emphasizing on indispensability of Divine decree.Classifying the second group of above mentioned hadiths, the author of this paper tries to explain them.

It is related from the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him: "Happy People are born in Happiness and the Unhappy are Born in Unhappiness" (to be translated literally: "Happy is happy whilst he/she is in his/her mother's womb and …") Pointing to the sources of this hadith and its reliability, the author of the present paper analyzes the above mentioned hadith and provides four meanings for it and at the end chooses the first meaning.