The Approaches and Principles of Imams' Lives Periodical Division

Some scholars have divided the Infallible Imams' lives to some periods according to a specific categorization. These periods are different and originated from specific viewpoints. Attempting to deliver some reports from these approaches and their believers, the present paper is to discover the principles the believers of this theory rely on and its amount of conformity with the Imams' lives. The results and findings of this research indicate that this theory is a new one which dates back to the mid recent century. Such a division enjoys various methods which are not to be compatible with Imams' lives, as each Imam's life has its own requirements which are different from the others. Concequently, each one's behavior had been different from the other's as well, so that we may not clearly speak about the different roles each Imam had taken.