Ma`rifat Kalami

One of the important constitutive characteristics of Imamate in the Shi’ah belief system is "Imam's knowledge"; such that it plays an infrastructural and fundamental role on the other Imamate characteristics, such as the Divine appointment and infallibility, and is one of Imamate’s privileges. Since the beginning of the issue of Imamate, Shi’ites have paid a special attention to Imam’s knowledge and have commented on its quantity and quality despite their various approaches. A contemporary theological scholar is Allameh Misbah Yazdi, who has left remarkable educational works among theologians and his theological opinions have been considered especially by theology researchers. This essay aims to study and examine the quantity and quality of Imam's knowledge - which has recently become one of the challenging religious doctrines – based on his works; a knowledge that he believes is consistent with Islamic narrations, while it can be rationally proved as well. Thus, I will briefly discuss his theological approach and the answer to some questions concerning Imam's knowledge