Publication Date: 2017
Iranian Journal Of Neonatology (23222158)8(4)pp. 65-73
Background: The infants depend on their parents for growth and survival during the early years of life. Therefore, the parents play a key role in the preservation and improvement of the infants’ physical and psychological health. Religion is one of the most influential factors that affect parenting. Regarding this, the present study aimed to investigate the Islamic perspectives on parents' role during infancy. Methods: This study was conducted within August 2014 to July 2016 (i.e., 24 months) using a qualitative content analysis. All the Shiite Islamic documents (i.e., Quran and Ahadith), which had Persian translation, were surveyed without any time limitation. Documents were in electronical and printed formats. Data analysis was performed using MAXQDA 10 software. Results: The results of analysis led to the emergence of three main categories. These categories included parents as the founders of infant’s physical and psychological health, parents as God’s representatives in nurturing the infant, and infant as part of parents’ flesh and God’s trust. The three obtained categories indicated the dimensions of Islamic perspective on parents' role during infancy. Conclusion: Based on the Islamic thought, God is the main carer and nurturer of the infants, and parents as the nurture way pavers can achieve the best outcomes by fulfilling their duties and invoking God for his assistance and grace. According to the findings of the study, since the infant is the sign of God’s trust and grace to the parents, the parents should make their best to raise a healthy and righteous child. The nurses’ awareness of religious beliefs may improve the quality of care. In this regard, the nurses can help the parents by training, counseling, and supporting them to have a healthy and righteous child.
Publication Date: 2018
Islamic Quarterly (00211842)62(2)pp. 229-246
Singular proposition (al-qadīyah al-shakhsīyah) is a type of categorical proposition (al-qadīyah al-hamlīyah). Islamic logicians have paid close attention to defining, naming, and analyzing of singular proposition. From the works of logicians of Islamic period, eight features of singular propositions can be derived: constituency relation, unquantifiability, indivisibility into confirmation of the subject and confirmation of the object, indivisibility into factual/extrinsic propositions, inefficiency in categorical syllogism, not being convertible, having no value in al- 'ulūm al-burhāniyah, and truth of contradictory propositions in square of opposition. © 2018 Islamic Cultural Centre. All rights reserved.
Publication Date: 2019
Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies (17489423)12(1-2)pp. 29-67
The present article investigates the scope of applicability of the ‘Reports of Subjection’ (ahādīth ard) in determining the origin (sudūr), signification (dilālah), and true intention (jahat) of reports in the corpus of tradition. We cite verses of the Qur’an in examining the possibility of relying on the Qur’an in determining the authenticity of the reports in the corpus of tradition. The conclusion we arrive at is that the Qur’an cannot help in determining with certainty if a given report is authentic, in the sense of having indisputably originated in an infallible Imam of the Shia faith; but it can help us conclude with confidence whether a dubious report is inauthentic. Another way in which the contents of the verses of the Qur’an can be brought to bear on the study of the reports in the corpus of tradition is in ascertaining the true intent underlying the content of a given report and the genuine meaning intended by the authority the report is purportedly quoting. Drawing on the example of the Imams in how they would invoke the Qur’an in assessing a report in the corpus of tradition, we are led to a set of parameters that we describe as ‘the Qur’anic elements bearing on the verificatory process of subjecting the reports in the corpus of tradition to the Qur’an’, which can effectively guide the researcher in how to proceed in ascertaining the authenticity of a given report with recourse to the Qur’an. The ‘Qur’anic elements’ we have enumerated are (1) the authority of the standard manuscript of the Qur’an, (2) the authority of the standard pronunciational format of the Qur’an, (3) the occasion and environment of revelation of the Qur’anic verses, (4) the time and sequence of revelation of the Qur’anic verses, (5) the context (sīyāq) of a given Qur’anic verse, (6) the apparent signification (sibāq) of a given Qur’anic verse, and (7) the multiple significations inferable from a given Qur’anic verse. The latter three are the most practically useful elements in the exercise of ‘subjecting’ the reports of the corpus of tradition to the Qur’an. © 2019 The Islamic College. All rights reserved.
Publication Date: 2019
Journal of Philosophical Theological Research (17359791)21(2)pp. 29-50
From the beginning of the 21st century, a new field of cognitive science called "cognitive science of religion" (CSR) has attracted the attention of many scholars. Researchers in this branch seek to explore cognitive mechanisms that produce or reinforce religious beliefs in man. Theories and empirical evidence of CSR have led to many philosophical and theological questions. One of the most important questions is whether these findings show that belief in the existence of God is unjustified. Some philosophers respond positively to this question. They believe that the cognitive mechanisms studied in this area are a threat to the belief in God. Their reasons for this are largely based on the fact that these mechanisms are prone to substantial error, and the insensitivity of these mechanisms in relation to truth. Our aim in this paper is to show that none of the above reasons can show that religious beliefs are unjustified, especially belief in God. Our argument in this regard is based on the fact that natural and supernatural explanations are not mutually exclusive, and the fundamental limitation of cognitive mechanisms. © 2020 Journal of Philosophical Theological Research. All rights reserved.
