Imam Ali's (as) strategy against the intellectual current of the Sheikhs during the Caliphate

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

seyd mohsen sharifi ¹ (Assistant Professor of Qom University)
shokrollah khakrand ² (Associate Professor of History, Shiraz University)

Received: 2021-09-05 Accepted : 2022-01-25 Published : 2022-03-21

Keywords: strategy, Imam Ali (AS), current of thought, Caliphate period, Sheikhs', admirers,

Abstract :

The intellectual current of the Sheikhs, who are also known as supporters of the school of the first caliphs, is one of the most important currents of thought during the reign of Imam Ali (AS), which is the result of the thought and behavior of the first caliphs during 25 years of caliphate. The main question of this research is what was the strategy of Imam Ali (AS) against this current of thought, which requires understanding the nature and characteristics of the ideas of this current and its objective manifestations in society. Providing a method and a logical basis for the Imam's approach to this current of thought with emphasis on the historical and social conditions of society is one of the objectives of this study, which shows the complete nobility of the Imam over the society of his time. To answer this question, a descriptive historical method is used along with the content analysis of the texts, because it is a kind of historical research that is done based on tradition and history and also considers the issues of flow and cognition of society. The hypothesis of this research is based on the fact that Imam Ali (AS) at the beginning of the government could not explicitly criticize the Sheikhin school due to the influence of Sheikhin's thought in the Islamic society. However, the findings of this study show that in the second half of his rule,