Validating the Epistemological Function of Intellec by Emphasis on the Viewpoint of Sheikh al-Mufid

Intellect is one of the important epistemological sources in discovering religious realities and its epistemological function in the field of theology has long had significance validity among theologians and those who study religion and its validity is emphasized nowadays as well. However, among some intellectual-theological groups, there are some significant points regarding its epistemological role and function than can create doubts which can lead to doubts in the validity of the epistemological functions of the intellect. Therefore, the following question is raised: What is the validity of the epistemological function of the intellect in discovering religious realities? The present article seeks to deal with the validity of the epistemological function of the intellect by emphasizing the viewpoint of Sheikh al-Mufid (RA) by using library sources and descriptive-analytical method and the fact that intellectual understandings enjoy functional validity in producing wisdom, meaning-orientedness of narration and evaluating the right and the wrong are the findings of this article. Although it has some limitations in some cases like the nature of God, details of religion and affairs related to the Hereafter like chastisement in the Hereafter and physical resurrection.