For The Sake of An Infallible Authority: An Analysis of Sectarian Approaches to The Belief In ‘ismah

Reyhan ERDOĞDU BAŞARAN

Makale detayları

For The Sake of An Infallible Authority: An Analysis of Sectarian Approaches to The Belief In ‘ismah

Yazarlar:

Reyhan ERDOĞDU BAŞARAN

Yayıncı:

Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

Ana Başlıklar:

Din

Dergi:

Usul İslam Araştırmaları 2020 Vol.34 Issue 34, pp.136-158

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000671257

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2147-8279

pISSN:

1305-2632

Özet:

 

This research analyses the notion of ‘ismah, believed to be a natural faculty of the prophets (and the Imams in Shi’ite case) that protects them from sin, even though they are capable of committing sin. The following questions have naturally played a central role in the formation and construction of the subject: is it possible for a human being to be infallible? Is it rational to believe that Allāh, the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe, would send forth a fallible or sinful man to guide mankind? As of yet the questions of just what 'ismah really is and who exactly are the infallible ones have not been settled. With those questions in mind, this research seeks to provide a detailed sectarian analysis on the matter of the infallibility of prophets or imams. The views of classical scholars on the concept of ‘ismah will initially be examined, then Sunni and Shi’ite perspectives of the infallibility doctrine will be addressed in depth, as it appears to have been one of the essential religious teachings of both. Afterwards, selected Qur`ānic passages (in which the prophets, specifically Adam and the Prophet Muḥammad, are warned and ask for forgiveness) will be scrutinized not to discuss the question of whether the prophets are fallible or infallible, but to understand and decode the nature and concept of ‘ismah.

Makale detayları

For The Sake of An Infallible Authority: An Analysis of Sectarian Approaches to The Belief In ‘ismah

Yazarlar: Reyhan ERDOĞDU BAŞARAN

Yayıncı: Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

Ana Başlıklar: Din

Dergi: Usul İslam Araştırmaları 2020 Vol.34 Issue 34, pp.136-158

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 10/2020

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000671257

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2147-8279

pISSN: 1305-2632

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Reyhan ERDOĞDU BAŞARAN

Yayıncı:

Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

Ana Başlıklar:

Din

Dergi:

Usul İslam Araştırmaları 2020 Vol.34 Issue 34, pp.136-158

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000671257

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2147-8279

pISSN:

1305-2632