Quran and Hadith Studies
Development in Reading of the Notion of Waiting for the Faraj of the Occulted Imam in the Period of the Greater Occultation
Authors
1 Ph.D. Student of Quran and Hadith Sciences, the University of Ferdosi in Mashhad.
2 professor, in Quran and Hadith Sciences, the University of Ferdosi in Mashhad
3 Associate professor, in Quran and Hadith Sciences, the University of Ferdosi in Mashhad.
Abstract
Waiting for the occulted Imam is a key concept related to the issue of the occultation of the twelfth Imam. Studying Shiite hadith works which involve a reading of this notion, one perceives development in the reading of that notion. This paper aims at firstly introducing the developments occurred during the pass of time, and secondly suggesting an explanation for it. It has been recognized two developments during the 10th and 11th century AH, and two in the post-mashrutah period in Iran.
It seems that the prosperity of the Shiite community under Safavid dynasty during the 10th and 11th century AH, and the evolution of Shiite political thought after Mashrutah in Iran, may be considered as major contributing factors in shaping the dominant discourses of interpretation of this hadith
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