TY - JOUR ID - 81078 TI - Resources for Imams’ Knowledge from the Perspective of Qom Rhetoric Scholars : a Case Study of Barghi, Kulayni and Sadooq JO - Emamat Pajouhi JA - JEP LA - en SN - ‪2588-6533 AU - Zeidi, Seyyid Mohammad Mahdi AD - M.A. in Arabic Literature of Jamia Al-Mostafa Univercity, researcher of the Jafari Culture Foundation Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 6 IS - 20 SP - 63 EP - 84 KW - Imam’s Knowledge KW - source of Imam’s knowledge KW - Qom Rhetoric school KW - Barghi KW - Kolaini KW - Sadooq DO - 10.22034/jep.2016.81078 N2 - The fact that Imams are in possession of special, infinite knowledge bequeathed from Almighty Allah is agreed upon among all Imami scholars. However, scholars have showed differing views on two pivotal issues namely the sphere of Imams knowelege and the source of Imams knowledge. Hadiths have singled out varied sources for Imams knowledge. Scholars in Qom religious school have quoted some hadiths and outlined the sources for Imams knowledge. The current study adopts a descriptive-analytical approach and seeks to find answer to the following question: what was the stance taken by Qom religious school scholars toward the two pivotal questions mentioned earlier. In so doing, the current paper investigated the viewpoints expressed by three prominent scholars representing three main ideological streamlines in Qom. The results show that all the main ideological thoughlines attributed special infinite knowledge for Imams. However, they expressed differing views with regard to the sources of Imams Knowledge according to the religious orientation they had. The two sources of Imams’ knowledge were “inspiration” and “heredity” as outlined by the above-mentioned scholars in the religious school. UR - https://jep.emamat.ir/article_81078.html L1 - https://jep.emamat.ir/article_81078_6773f3802437db0b30cc0a12677d34cb.pdf ER -