Document Type : Research Paper
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Department of Islamic Studies, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
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Assistant Professor. Department of Islamic Teachings, Qom university of technology, Qom, Iran
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گروه معارف اسلامی دانشگاه صنعتی همدان
10.22061/orj.2026.10735.839
Abstract
The rule of kindness, as one of the fundamental rules of Imami theology, while establishing a bridge between divine wisdom and human guidance, raises central questions about the existential relationship of God with the world and the necessity of religious teachings such as mission, imamate, infallibility, and obligation. Analyzing this question of whether the rule of kindness is merely a conceptual and ethical concept or an existential principle rooted in the system of goodness and the flow of divine grace is an issue whose answer reveals the ontological and epistemological aspects of this rule. This research, focusing on the components (definition, types, conditions) and functions of the rule of kindness, adopts a descriptive-analytical approach and relies on the original sources of Imami theology and the method of philosophical-theological analysis, and attempts to fill the gap in the systematic ontological and epistemological analysis of this rule. The data were extracted from classical texts, criticized, and analyzed in an integrated framework, emphasizing the contemporary research background and innovative distinction of the research. The results obtained indicate that the rule of grace in the ontological dimension is rooted in the finality of divine actions and the perfect system, and guidance (from mission to Imamate) is the manifestation of the flow of divine grace, and in the epistemological dimension, by coordinating reason, revelation, and nature, it compensates for the limitations of human reason and rationalizes the necessity of the Sharia. This research emphasizes the necessity of divine knowledge, mission, Imamate, occultation, obligation,
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