This is a study of Mullā Ṣadrā's arguments for the necessity of the imamate based on a chapter from his commentary on al-Uṣūl al-kāfī, one of the earliest canonical collections of the Shīʿī traditions (ḥadīth). After an overview and brief literature review of the subject, the paper shows Mullā Ṣadrā's use of philosophical teachings to prove the most pivotal doctrine of his Shīʿī faith. It summarizes the philosopher's arguments under the two categories of knowledge and existence. At the level of knowledge, the unrivaled access of the Imam/ḥujja to true knowledge after the Prophet makes him the only one who can reach the depth of the Qurʾan, hence the necessity of his existence in every age. As for the existential aspect of the imamate, Mullā Ṣadrā argues that there are intermediaries through whose existence the hierarchical ladder of creation unfolds, and he considers the Imams to be such intermediaries without whom nothing would exist.

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毛拉·萨德拉（MullāṢadrā）关于伊玛特之必要性的哲学论证

这是对穆拉·萨德拉（MullāṢadrā）对伊玛特之必要性的论证的研究，该书基于他对《阿勒·乌尔·阿尔·卡菲》（U-Ulūlal-kāfī）的评论中的一章。在对该主题进行概述和简要文献回顾之后，该论文显示了毛拉·萨德拉（MullāṢadrā）使用哲学教义证明了他的Shīʿī信仰中最关键的学说。它总结了在知识和存在两大类中哲学家的观点。在知识方面，先知之后伊玛目/ḥujja对真实知识的无与伦比的访问使他成为唯一能够深入到《古兰经》中的人，因此在每个时代他都必须存在。至于伊玛特的存在方面，