Imam Reza's(AS) cultural polocies in uniting and synchornizing Islamic religions

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

Ali Asqar Khosravi Hafshajani ¹ (The History and Civilization of Islamic Nations Department, Faculty of Humanity, Khomein Branch, Azad university, Khomein, Iran)
hoseyn khosravi ² (The History and Civilization of Islamic Nations Department, Faculty of Humanity, Khomein Branch, Azad university, Khomein, Iran)
Ali Elhami ³ (Tehran university of medical sciences)
Sohrab Eslami ⁴ (The History and Civilization of Islamic Nations Department, Faculty of Humanity, Khomein Branch, Azad university, Khomein, Iran)

Received: 2021-08-25 Accepted : 2021-11-24 Published : 2022-06-22

Keywords: Unification, Imam Reza(AS), religious cooperation, Sayings and Methods, Brotherhood and Islamic Unity,

Abstract :

The Islamic World is facing a variety of challenges nowadays. It is therefore necessary to pave the path for making the Islamic branches closer together in order to overcome the challenges. There is no doubt that all faithful Muslims know that one of the reasons of the greatness of Islam is the closeness and unification of Islamic religions despite the differences and disputes. The stronger this unification among Islamic branches including Shias and Sunnis get, there will be more chances and opportunities prepared for the Islamic world to face their enemies. But what is worrying is the ignition of adversaries, hostilities and spiting among different branches and cults of Islam. Actually the disputes in religious jurisprudence and some of the nonfundamental issues which are the natural result of free thought and the practice of religious jurisprudence are not innately dangerous and the goal of religious unification is not diminishing and destroying the differences themselves but its most important goal is not to let these differences cause adversaries and let brotherhood and closeness replace disputes and separation. The sayings, books and behavior of Imam Reza(AS) show that during his fruitful life he carried out serious efforts to unite the religions. The theory of this research is the effectiveness of Imam Reza’s teachings in religious unification according to holy Quran, sayings and his debates. This descriptive analytical research starts first by notetaking from different sources, then categorizing them and at last analyzing them.