The Letters of Habitants in Iran to Imam Hassan Askari (PBUH)

Abstract

The Shiites of Iran, in time of Imam Hassan Askari (PBUH), raised their religious questions through the letters by the agents of that holiness due to the long distance. Some of the questions raised in these letters are of significant significations concerning the historical trend of thought and jurisprudence of Shia which should be considered in the discussions on the history of civilization of Shiites.The present research has organized these letters based on the geographical areas and the name of narrators and it has endeavored to answer this question on the role of various areas of Iran in this regard as well as the reasons of writing these letters and what their content were. The result of this research illustrates a direct relationship between the population of Shia and the number of letters and it clarifies that the main subject of letters has been related to the jurisprudential, theological and social issues and among the cities of Iran, most of these letters has been written by the individuals in Qom.

Keywords

• imam hassan askari (pbuh)
• iranian followers of imam askari
• iranian shiites
• qom
• letter writing