Management of Imam Ali (AS) in Islamic Society in the Period of the Caliphs

Management is one of the most important factors that can cause societies to achieve their goals. Therefore it is all Muslims’ especially Shiite’s duties to help Islam and manage their relations toward other Muslims in order to preserve and defend Islam. So we can say that the best way out of the current difficulties is to maintain the solidarity of the Islamic Ummah, and the followers of Islamic sects should try to preserve Islam without any prejudice. Some radical Shiites believe any connection with them is unpleasant because the Sunni Caliphate has usurped Imamate of Imam. Therefore the present paper addresses to study this topic that some people’s viewpoint about Imam Ali’s 25 year seclusion to be wrong. Because Imam while protesting against the caliphs about his usurped right, he not only did not cut ties with them but also took the management of the Muslim community after the Prophet's death and while caliphs, were in the community, but in many matters had consulted with him.