A Study on Socio-Cultural Lifestyle Of the Infallible Imams, With an Emphasis on Missionary-Communicational Means

Examining the life-style and social behavior of the Ahl ul-Bayt (peace be upon them) and the culture-making instruments and capacities used by them in the Islamic society, and experimental-historic exploration of these divine saints, this article attempts to have a forward step toward reproducing a religious model in cultural policy-making in Islamic society, appropriate and in accordance to the time demands.First, to do so, some social and religious concepts like preaching, relation and Islamic relations are offered, and, then, exploiting historical documents and evidences, the social instruments and methods used by the infallibles for culture-making in society are explained.From among these instruments and methods, the most important are: the Holy Quran, cultural symbols and institutions, mosques, Hadjdj (pilgrimage to Mecca) writing letters, relationship with tribes and groups, communal rituals, and language.The greatest achievement of this study, is to offer a picture of some proceedings and policies of the purified Imams for establishing an exemplary Islamic society and social education of individuals, and to offer it as a practical model of Islamic teachings in a wide domain which, in fact, is counted as the most objective and the most influential culture-making model in society.