Analysis of Political-Religious Thought of Mulla Hussein Kashefi (820 -910AD)

Abstract

Mulla Hussein Vaez Kashefi (820 -910AD) is one of the most prominent representatives of the ninth-century Hijri intellectual-cultural movements. He has created works of great importance in various fields, such as the interaction of religion and politics. What emphasizes the importance of analyzing Kashefi's political doctrine is that he was born in one of the most important centers of the Shi'ites in Khorasan (Sabzevar), and at one of the most important centers of the Sunni East of Iran (Herat), with politicians and friends culture such as Sultan Abu Sa'id Teimuri, Sultan Hussein Bayghara, Amir Alishir Nawai, and Nouraldin Abdul Rahman Jami, all of them were Sunni religious scholars. This paper, using historical research method, aims at answering the following questions: in what circumstances and with what purposes did Kashefi address the political-religious ideas? The study of historical data sets and existing knowledge showed that, based on Kashefi’s thought, politics has the same traditional meaning and the new structure is not presented in action. This concept preserves its long-standing relationship with the realm of religion, and without the policies and measures of affairs, no religious rules and the rule of durability and consistency can be realized; and with the policy and religion, the system of subsistence and rescue of people in the traditional form organizes itself. Religious thought Kashefi is a great achievement of the mixing of Sufi-Shi'aic and the final stage of the evolutionary process of passing Shi'ism. In practice, it is the proximity of the minds of the Sunni-Sufi community to the Shiite beliefs.

Keywords

• Kashefi
• politics
• religion
• Timurid