THE POSITION OF FORGIVENESS IN ISLAMIC LIFE STYLE

Abstract:  There are numerous traditions concerning forgiveness and encouraging this great attribute which declare the utmost importance and high value of it. The infallible imams are a perfect and actual model of forgiveness. The aim of the present article is to study the status of forgiveness in the Islamic lifestyle. The method of study was descriptive and analytical. To this end, by taking notes from  books, the articles in the journals, the researches and studied carried out on the subject mentioned, the hadiths, and the traditions of the Imams (AS) regarding forgiveness  have been extracted and analyzed. In this study the concepts such as forgiveness, lifestyle, the borders of forgiveness, forgiveness in different religions, types of forgiveness, the importance of it and its types, the obstacles in front of it, and finally the influences of it are dealt with.

Keywords:

forgiveness , Islamic teachings , importance , obstacles , influences