A Case Study of Shiite Beliefs in Fakhr Razi Theology

Fakhr Razi is an Ash'ari commentator and theologian who in spite of his being faithful to Asharite theology until the end of his life, in some cases of his beliefs has taken a different way and criticized the Asharite. Such a change of view in Fakhr Razi has originated from his wide and deep study of the others` works. Razi's approximate views to some of theological issues of Shiite is due to finding the truthfulness of the theological opinions of the followers of the Ahlul-Bayt (AS) and the weakness of the Ash'arite theological ideas and proofs. Of the most important issues one may refer to the Divine Qualities, free will and determinism, Imamate and guardianship and Mahdaviyyat. This research, useing analytico-descriptive method, has studied some of the most important theological positions of Razi who has taken under the influence of the Shiite teachings.