The Exegetical Approach of Fakhr al-Razi in Encounter to the Shi'a Arguments about the Verses of Guardianship and Succession

In encounter to the Shi'a arguments about the verses of guardianship (welayah) and succession (khelafah), the Sunni exegeses, especially Fakhr al-Razi, tried to criticize the Shi'a arguments in various ways and to devitalize these arguments and reinforce their own views. The present research examines the methodology of Fakhr al-Razi about these verses and analyzes his methods. Fakhr al-Razi's methods in encounter with Shi'a consist in: appealing to weak and false narrations, appealing to the context, appealing to literal discussion, vituperation to the opponents, not mentioning the opposite views and narrations, darkening the atmosphere of discussion and mentioning the different views without preferring any of them.