goals of the encyclopedia writing group:

1. compiling collections and encyclopedias of narrations consisting of hadiths from shi’a and other islamic sects, aimed at addressing contemporary needs of the islamic community in both general and specialized subjects;

2. preparing hadith identification records (hadith profiles);

3. providing hadith-based support for other departments of the qur’an and hadith research institute to assist their applied research;

4. creating the groundwork for activities of independent scholars and groups in hadith-related fields;

5. facilitating access to targeted narrations within hadith collections and major hadith sources.