Shaikhism
The school is Shaikhl, from the School of Isfahan 's most important philosophical and spiritual schools of Twelver Shi'ism. It was founded by Sheikh Ahmad Ahsi.
Whereas some elements of the Shia tradition had been lost over time or had been altered Sunni origin for reasons which fall within the cycle of the dimming own historiosophy Shiite, the will of Shaykh Ahmad was restore this tradition in its entirety and in its entirety.
For school shakhas the basis of tradition is the certainty rather than speculation. Therefore they reject the jurisprudence of lawyers and idle speculations of philosophers to concentrate on the Koran , the Hadiths of the Prophet and Imams. But as this thought process is primarily guided by a spiritual hermeneutics of the Holy Book, a new meaning can always come and enrich the vitality of a tradition of perpetual rebirth.
In Shaikhism, refocusing on the figure of the imam and especially of the hidden imam can clearly distinguish the school and the school of Isfahan Shaikhl. In the School of Isfahan, the approach is based on a dialectical and Avicennism sohrawardien. In the school Shaikhl, the approach is essentially based on the hermeneutics of sayings and traditions of the Holy Imams. If their findings often overlap, we can not say that one is an extension of another.
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Shaykh Ahmad Ahsi
Born in Bahrain in the late eighteenth century , it appears on the scene of esotericism in the middle of the next century as an accomplished man. We do not know him as an initiator or master, he received all his education within a spiritual guide.
The successors of Shaykh Ahmad
1 - Sayyed Kazem Resht (1798-1843)
2 - Shaykh Haj Mohammad Karim Khan Kermani (1809-1870). It is sometimes regarded as the inventor of the fourth pillar. While there is no doubt that the principle of the fourth pillar was taught by his immediate predecessors and beyond (eg Nasir Tusi ), Moh. Karim Khan was specially developed his teaching on this point. Belonging to the ruling dynasty, he was the sworn enemy of the followers of the Bab and Baha'u'llah, who presented themselves as the heirs of Shaykh Ahmad and Sayyid Reshti as done by their eschatological expectations.
3 - Shaykh Hajj Mohammad Khan Kermani (1846-1906), son of the former. Collaborator of his father, he developed with him the sum of Fals akhbar al kitab. Prey to real persecution by his detractors, he wanted to settle in Tehran with his family, but was dissuaded by a solemn delegation of notables who prayed to stay Kerman. His work is considerable. It includes 204 titles, 65 in Persian, 20 prints only.
4 - Shaykh Hajj Zaynol Abidin Khan Kermani (1859-1942), brother of the above who initiated the Islamic sciences. A true spiritual friendship bound them throughout their lives. With a few pilgrimages to holy sites of Islam, he spent his life teaching and preaching at the mosque. It strongly deplored the pretext of religion, is most often prosecuted as profane and political intentions. Author of 153 works, half Persian. Only 25 were printed.
5 - Shaykh Abul Qasim Khan Ebrahimi, Sarka said Aga (1896-1969), son of the former. In his many works, he tries to address the current issues facing the faith Shiite. About the unification of Islam and Muslims, he is hostile to the ecumenism that could reduce the Shia to fifth rite, alongside the four rites Sunnis. In all his questions, the prospect Interiorisme allows him to escape an apparent conservatism and raise legal issues, such as various forms of authority within Islam, in terms of their spiritual significance.
6 - Ebrahimi Abdol Reza Khan, son of the former. Sixth successor of Shaykh Ahmad since 1969.
According to Henry Corbin , "all the works of masters such as what is stored in Kerman , representing a thousand titles, only half could be published so far. "
Doctrine
Shaikhl doctrine is a complex based on theosophy 4 Pillars (Rokni).
Pillar
The first pillar is the doctrine of Tawhid , the oneness of God. The Tawhid Shaikh is a radical apophatic theology based on the ambiguity of being created and uncreated being, the Absolute itself being created on the side.
Second Pillar
The second pillar concerns Prophetology. Its purpose is the knowledge of prophethood in general and in particular that of Muhammad , the last prophet.
Third Pillar
The third pillar relates to the imamologie. Its purpose is knowledge of Fatima and the 12 imams. According to Henry Corbin , the imamologie is the keystone of the edifice.
Fourth Pillar
It has always existed, and there will always be a man called the Gate (The Bab). He is the Imam of his time and heir holder of the hidden meaning of spiritual scriptures. It is the door that brings in the Garden of gnosis or "Promised Land", the equivalent of Ismaili Da'i.
Shaikhism and Babism
The Seyyed Ali-Muhammad-i-Shirazi, who had some contact with the school Shaykh, appeared before some students as the promised Imam Midha, al-Qaim, etc.. See this articles Bab , Babism , Baha'u'llah , Baha'ism , Subh-i-Azal etc..
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