emphasizes that in the structure of divine reward things like "effects of the action" are of the most influential ones. He concludes that merely quoting a great reward for an act cannot be taken as a sign of weakness. However it is necessary to present a reward structure deductible from religious texts. Perhaps a great reward is due to the existence of a factor of the many factors which have played a role in the above mentioned structure.

Key Words: Rewards, Visitation to Holy Shrines, Mourning, Imam Hussain (a.s).

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Conflict of Rijal Views and Allama Hilli’s
Strategies in Khulasat al-Aqwal for Dealing with It

Fatema Jiyan
Mohammad Kazem Rahman Setayesh

One can sometimes find conflicts among the views of the authors of the first rijal usuls as foundation for modern scholars’ judgment on the reliability of hadith transmitters. Some believe that Allama Hilli’s approach to the conflicts of rijal views is not of a specific method and Style in "Khulasat al-Aqwal" the most important rijal book of the eighth century, written shortly after the first rijal usuls. His judgment regarding the reliability and unreliability of narrators has no firm ground. Investigation of the accuracy of this claim plays an important role in the credit for this book and Allama Hilli’s clear-cut rijal views. The author of this research study probes the status of narratives in "Khulasat al-Aqwal" and makes an analysis of Allama Hilli’s expressions of the translation and finally concludes that Allama Hilli has a systematic approach to the conflicts of rijal views.

Key Words: Conflict, Allama Helli, Khulasat al-Aqwal, Rijal.

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History of Hadith in the Province of Khuzestan
and the Role of Hadith Scholars in Its Development

Hadi Hojjat
Abdorreza Rasaee

Khuzestan as the gateway of Islam is considered one of the influential regions in Iran from two perspectives: history and hadith studies. In this article history of tradition in Khuzestan from the time of the Prophet (pbuh) until the end of the Safavid period has been studied in three periods: the early period (first five centuries), middle (sixth century to the ninth century) and later generation (Safavid period). Most of these narrators belong to the early period in which the number of Sunni narrators has been reported more. In the middle period, number of narrators especially Shia has declined. In the modern period, with the advent of the Sadat Moshashaei at Khuzestan