The Place of Reason in Kalami Methodology of Allama Majlesi

In addition to be a narrationist, Allama Majlesi is one of the Shia intellectual theologian in the Safavid period. To deduce the kalami teachings, he uses both "rational" and "narrative" methods. The present article tries to analyze and examine the place of reason and the rational method of Allama Majlesi. In other words, the study of Allama's rational method in dealing with kalami topics is the main purpose of this writing. In addition to the instrumental role of reason, he also recognizes it as one of the authentic sources in gaining the religious knowledge. Allama accepts many rules of theology such as rational goodness and obscenity, the rule of necessity of the fittest and the principle of grace and argues to them; but at the same time in some positions of his works, he places limits on reason. According to the findings of this study, Majlesi should be considered a rationalist theologian.