Sublime

The majority of the Shi‘ah accepted the succession of al-Baqir, who then passed the Imamate to his son Ja‘far as-Sadiq. As the sixth and most influential Imam, Ja‘far formalized the Karbala rituals and established the principles of Shi‘ism’s main school of law. The Jafari school, as it is known, differentiates itself from Sunni schools of law, firs

La discipline de l'assentiment nous apparaît ainsi finalement comme un effort constant pour éliminer tous les jugements de valeur que nous pouvons porter sur ce qui ne dépend pas de nous, c'est-à-dire sur tout ce qui n'a pas de valeur morale.

it could not be guaranteed by any magical sacraments, by relief in the confession, nor by individual good works. That was only possible by proof in a specific type of conduct unmistakably different from the way of life of the natural man. From that followed for the individual an incentive methodically to supervise his own state of grace in his own