Analysis of Imam Sadiq's (PBUH) Communication Approach to Zaidi's Sect Chiefs (Using PDAM Diffractive Discourse Analysis)

Imam Sadiq,(PBUH) the founder of Ja'fari School, is the main pillar of Shi'a from intellectual and ideological points of view. A large corpus of Ahlul-Bayt's traditions and instructions were disseminated by him. Imam Sadiq's (article has adopted a descriptive- analytical method and PBUH) period was a very important one since various sects emerged at that time, and Imam undertook the crucial task of preserving Shi'a by defying those deviations. Among those was the Zaidi sect which had more or less expanded in those days. Analyzing Imam's approach to that expanding sect is, therefore, of high importance. This an interdisciplinary approach with the aim of defining Imam Sadiq (PBUH) communication style when confronting the Zaidis.  A close look at Imam's conduct shows a number of treatments towards Zaidis that included attracting and repelling, defensive and offensive measures. Despite his righteousness and his dismissal of those deviated groups, he shunned any type of unethical behavior and utilized the very nature of the discourses as the promoter of Shiite. Furthermore, we learn from Imam that it was sometimes necessary do take a protective and offensive stance next to mild treatment to reject those who are not willing to submit to the truth