Epistemological and moral approaches to revive the truth of Islam In the letter attributed to Imam Sadiq (AS)

Among the remaining valuable works from Imam Sadiq (AS), there is a letter addressed to the companions in all ages, which paying attention to it and act on it had been emphasized by the Imam. In the present study, this letter has been analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively by content analysis method. Results of this study indicates  the Imam has the most emphasis on the word "obedience". Also the two issues of "communication with God" and "knowing the people of falsehood" are highly emphasized. The themes of this letter can be divided into two categories: epistemological and moral themes. In the epistemological section, In other words, doctrinal themes, considering the conditions of the addressees, issues related to theism, Imamology, and the cognition of people of falsehood have been expressed in a functionalist way in order to preserve the companions intellectual foundation. This functional view is also dominate in the ethics section, which consists of topics related to individual ethics and social ethics. As it can be said this letter is in fact the planning of practical principles and strategies for preserving and empowering the companions through synergy and unison.