A CRITIC OF SHIA IMAMATE THEORY: THE EXAMPLE OF SEYYID SHERIF JURJ？NI

The imamate problem is among basic subjects of kalam science. The imamate focusing on subjects such as the governance of Islamic society, the basis of this governance, the qualification of governers, the refuse of appointment, the legitimacy of the four great caliphs is in the first rank among belief basics of Shiite. This subject is discussed by Sunna tradition as well and the method of Esh’ari sect dealing with this subject consist the centre of our study. In this study, we focus on jurjan？, who dealed with imamate as a critic of Shia imamate perception. That jurjan？, a successor kalam scientist handled the imamate in detail and in a systematic way leaded us to focus on him. He saw the imamate as a political issue and tried keep it out of belief field. As a result, he placed the imamate doctrine of Shia-Imamate paradigm on a realist platform and differed political power from the religious authority. Besides, he emphasized the righthousness of the caliphate order of Abu Bakir, Omar, Othman, Ali on the ground of historical reality and based his paradigm on the regulations of The Era of Four Great Caliphs