Understanding aql in Readings of Usul al-kafi: Early Shi‘ite Hadith and its Later Interpreter
/ By Mohammad Reza Hemyari
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences , The George Washington University , United States of America
, 2014.
iv, 72 p.
مدخل مرتبط: عقل در قرآن و حدیث
مدخل مرتبط: مجلسي، ملا محمد باقر
Code E.Dissertation : 164
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Varying conceptions of intellect (aql) in Shi'a Islam, and in particular Imami Shi'ism, have been perennial and contested themes, affecting all aspects of Shi'ite religious and intellectual life, from the theological to the jurisprudential, the philosophical to the mystical. A main hadith source frequently referred to in this debate is the famous Usul al-kafi, particularly the first chapter: "The Book of Intellect and Ignorance." This paper explores a basic conception of aql as understood from the traditions in the Usul al-kafi. Having efined 'aql from the Shi'i hadith-reports, I will show that the larger debate about definitions of intellect and the varying positions it plays in Imami thought and spirituality reflect the diversity of possible readings of this chapter in the Usul al-kafi. The Safavid period saw a surge of commentaries on this text and led to various intellectual debates within the world of Imami Shi'ism, between the text-focused Akhbaris, the more rational Usulis, and the theosophers and mystics. Indeed, Usul al-kafi, and this particular chapter on the Intellect, can not only be seen as the locus of much debate, but also a necessary source of authority to which these various intellectuals turn, presenting a complex relationship between the reader and the text, a relationship where the intellect reigns supreme.
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