The Methodology of the Ahl al-Bayt (as) Confrontation with Atheism

The phenomenon of atheism, as one of the intellectual, cultural, religious and political currents of the first centuries of Islam, denied the existence of God and other Islamic principles. There have been different encounters with the mentioned phenomenon; but the way of confronting The Prophet’s House is important due to their high scientific and spiritual status. In addition to expressing the concept of the term heresy and atheism, as well as the overview of the history of this phenomenon in the Islamic era, the present research tries to extract the way The Prophet’s House faced the phenomenon of atheism by forming a hadith family, examining and analyzing the narrative reports. The method of discovery in this issue is library method and the method of evaluation is rational analytic.The guiding encounter of The Prophet’s House in two theoretical and practical dimensions, taking into account the intellectual capacity of the audience, using the three methods of best contention, rhetoric and argumentation, making staff and continuous educational follow-up, and taking advantage of the audience's expertise in instilling knowledge are among the most important findings of the current research.