The Impact of Mulla Sadra’s Philosophical Bases on his Knowledge of Imam

In this article, a comparison of the ontological philosophy of Mulla Sadra with his Knowledge of Imam has been examined. The principles and bases that have been argued in the Sadra philosophy and have been used here consist in: “the rule of the possibility of the best”, “authenticity of existence and its hierarchy and levels”, “the hierarchy of the intellect”, the causal system of the existence” and “the rule exuno non fit nisisunum” (the one does not create except one). These principles and bases have been used in the issues of Sadra’s knowledge of Imam such as “being divine and designated” and “existential and legal guardianship” of the Imams. This “existential and legal guardianship” includes consequences and implications such as Imam witnessing the acts of the people, the spread of Imam’s awareness and his inerrancy. Briefly comparing the Sadra’s knowledge of Imam with other opinions on the challenging issues, the purpose of this article is to strength this hypothesis that the principles and bases of Sadra’s philosophy can, by aid of the reveled narrations, provide a philosophical support for his knowledge of Imam. One can compare the Mulla Sadra’s knowledge of Imam with his bases and explicitly extract the impact of his bases on his knowledge of Imam in some of his works or implicitly deduce it from his other works. What can here have more general kalami efficacy is the usage of Sadra’s bases in his defense of the kalami common views with him in the issue of Imamah.