Critical Review of Muhaqiq Isfahani regarding Faith

The topic of faith is among the important theological and challenging topics within the theological books, especially those of the early centuries of Islam. One of the figures who has researched the reality of faith and expressed his view in this regard is Hakim Muhammad Hussein Isfahani. This view has been reviewed and evaluated after elucidation and analysis using descriptive – analytical method in this research. According to this view, theoretical knowledge and logical affirmation are exactly like faith and the commitment and submission of the heart are considered as effects of that. It has been concluded that this view, just as it is not defendable according to semantics, is not proven by rational reasons and religious texts. Therefore it must be said that the reality of faith consists of commitment and submission of the heart, and theoretical knowledge or logical affirmation is not like the faith, nor part of it, and not its adequate cause, rather it is the necessary condition. Meaning the faith that brings everlasting prosperity of human is built on a certain knowledge