Abstract:
Islam has a political and social aspect in its essence and by no means, it is not considered as a purely spiritualistic and individualistic religion. The political legacy of Muhammad (PBUH) appears both in his holy book and in his nation and the political community that he provided to Medina during his ten years of migration. Hence, political affairs are intertwined with the history of Islam, and not only the social developments of Muslims, but also many religious divisions are influenced by political affairs. The present article is to take the role and function of politics, and political affairs into consideration in the Shiite world and in the early centuries of Islam and the time of the presence of the innocent and innocent Shiite Imams. The author tries to study the role of politics in the emergence of Shiism, and the sectarianization of Shiites by referring to narrative and historical sources and analyzing them appropriately, and by reviewing the political affairs and policy of Shiite Imams, the evidence shows that these political behaviors can be classified according to which political approaches and strategies. The consideration of the identity of Shiites on the eve of the beginning of the Absence and the political strategy drawn by the Imams for the Shiites in the era of the Absence is also the focus of this article.
Machine summary:
The main issue of this article is to study the role and position of political policy in the emergence of Shiism and the formation of different Shiite sects and to draw the religious and social identity of the Shiite community by the innocent Imams.
Early Shiites, especially in the issue of Imamate and Caliphate and the need to follow the Ahl al-Bayt and the family of the Prophet (PBUH), disagreed with the dominant incident of Islamic society, and the root of this disagreement is the belief in the necessity of the prophetic text in the matter of guardianship and He was the Imamate of the Islamic society, so the Shiite political position on the caliphate and political leadership of the Islamic society, which has been continuous for centuries, does not mean the lack of a doctrinal root for the emergence of Shiism and provide a purely political interpretation of it.
The role of political conflicts in the formation of Shiite sects Disputes in Islamic society began with the issue of the successor of the Prophet (PBUH) and the appointment of a caliph, and with the advent of the Khavarej in the first century, this difference took on a sectarian and religious racial discrimination.