Management principles of the late Imams (as) in the crisis of physical elimination of Shiites

Crisis is an unexpected and unpleasant event that has imposed problems on society and turns into an acute and unstable state for individuals or society and solving it, requires fundamental actions. In the history of the Shiite pontificate (Imamate), the years 203 to 260 AH are dedicated to the leadership of Abnaal-Reza (PBUT); in the life period of Imam Javad, Imam Hadi and Imam Askari (PBUT) a black out dominated Shiite society that friendship with Imams (PBUT), led to consequences such as confiscation of property, imprisonment, torture and even martyrdom. By making some decisions Abnaal-Reza (PBUT) could manage and save the Shiite community from crisis and led them toward security and peace with the least amount of harm. By an organized descriptive-analytic method, this article categorizes the set of Shiite latter imams' actions for preventing, preparing, confronting and deterring in three phases: "before the crisis", "during the crisis" and "after the crisis", management principles that can be of interest in the present age.