Foundations, principles and results of mystical ethics in writings of Mir Seyyed Ali Hamedani

Mir Seyyed Ali (d.714 AH) is one of the most prominent Iranian mystics and Sufis in the 8^th/14^th century, the majority of his works and researches are dedicated to mystical ethics. The most important concern of this research is how to provide a coherent approach for Mir Sayyed Ali’s researches based on the origins of mystical ethics principles, measuring the capacity of his mystical ethics in dealing with new challenges and aiming to identify the principles of mystical ethics. Moral principles and criteria are finding the sources of mystical moral thoughts and whose reflections and strategic explanation, which have been dealt with in a descriptive-analytical way. In the field of ethics and mysticism, Mir Seyyed Ali has well outlined the approach of mystical ethics. While these mystical ethics have been formed through using ontological and anthropological principles, which were derived from those principles. The principles of Hamedani mystical ethics include monotheism, unity of intuition, and his anthropological principles. These include the levels and truth of man, his educability, perfection and happiness, the position of the divine caliph, and so on. The principles of his mystical ethics enjoy numerous elements, the very extreme example of which are truth and honesty, justice, sincerity, reasoning and thought, cultivation and refinement of the soul, worship, fatwa, practicing according to Shari’a, and so on. Based on these principles, Hamedani raises important issues regarding the perfection of man, and how he is in direct interaction with God. He also explains the moral virtues and the religious fatwa, in such a way that illustrate a wide range of  the literature of servitude to the ethics of kings and his special position as one of the poles of the Kabrui method in the 8^th /14^th century. The principles of Hamedani ideas have had many influences on the approaches of those who follow him, and these principles have been considered as a guide for seekers. Additionally, Hamedani moral teachings have many strategic capacities that could be very effective in moral crises of present arena.