Representative Organization during Imam Kasem and Imam Sadegh (PBUT) era: causes, functions and its domain

The present study investigates the causes, functions and the domain of Representative Organization during Imam Sadegh and Imam Kazem(PBUT) era. The main reasons for establishing the organization beginning with Imam Sadegh and continuing to Imam Mahdi(PBHT) were as follow: social, political and cultural circumstances contemporary to the Abbassid government, the difficulty involved in direct contact between Imams and Shiites due to existing threats to their lives, the need to decrease sensitivity of governments to Imams’ activities, collecting religious taxes, preparing Shiites to experience Imam Mahdi’s(PBUH)Long Absence. Representative Organization started its activities during Imam Sadegh (PBUH) and continued until Imam Mahdi’s(PBUH)Short Absence. A wide area including Hejaz, Iraq, Iran, North Africa was covered by the Organization.