Justice and Remembrance: Introducing the Spirituality of Imam Ali

by Reza Shah-Kazemi

the true faqīh—not so much ‘the jurist’ as ‘one who truly understands’—is defined by the Imam as ‘he who does not make people despair of the mercy of God, and does not make them lose hope in the gracious spirit of God (rawḥ Allāh