The Muslim Revivalist Movements: The Role of Imam Khomeini in its Development and Continuity

Imam Khomeini has achieved successes in continuance of the movement of religious revivalism, that other Islamic reformists have achieved less. Imam Khomeini is one of significant revivalists who led the Islamic revolution in Iran and consequently brought about changes in Muslim society and civilization. In this article, distinctive features of Imam Khomeini’s revivalism will be examined.

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Imam Khomeini's exposition of Forty ahadith range broad area of ethical and spiritual topics

Imam Khomeini's selection and exposition of Forty ahadith range over a broad area of Islamic philosophy, ideology, ethics, metaphysics and spirituality.

The Necessity of Islamic Government in Modern Day from Imam Khomeini’s perspective Kobra Lashkari.

In Imam Khomeini’s opinion, if a person is the most knowledgeable in Religion Science, but fails to recognize the expedient of society or generally lacks in insight the social and political context and in decision making power, this person is not Mujtahid in social and governance issues and cannot take the reigns of the community.

Thirty-three of the hadith Imam Khomeini selected pertain to Islamic ethics

Thirty-three of the famous book of Forty by Hadith by Imam Khomeini selected pertain to Islamic ethics, including acts which bring reward or punishment.

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The original work in Persian, published under the title “Arba’in, ya chihil hadith” was written by Imam Khomeini about a half century ago. The book contains treasures of mysticism and spirituality.

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What was Imam’s motive behind writing a commentary on Forty Hadith?

Imam Khomeini: I, a humble servant of God, was contemplating for some time, to select forty hadith from among the ahadith of the members of the Household of the Prophet (peace be upon them) from the authentic books of the companions, and scholars, and was trying to compile them with an appropriate explanation of each of them that can be applied to the general conditions of the people.