Investigating the quality of Imam Reza's relationship with his companions in Kufa, Baghdad, and Qum

Kufa, Baghdad and Qum were among sensitive Shi‘a-populated towns of the Muslim world. Because of the political part of these towns Imam Reza (A.S) must have considered a program for guiding and instructing the people of these places and for establishment of a civilization in them to conduct the mankind towards monotheism, and continuation of Islamic civics. On the other hand there was quite a distance between the residence of the Imam and those centers, and that it was not possible for the Imam to have relationship with his followers in person. Considering this hypothesis the present study intends to answer the question that despite the fact that the Imam resided just in Medina and Khurasan, how did he have relationship with his companions in other geographical spots like Kufa, Baghdad and Qum?The present essay is a qualitative study developed by examining documents, data banks, articles and books in the fields of history, tradition and Rijal science written by Shi‘a scholars and has become integrated based on content analysis. The research society includes all documents and resources that are related to the subject matter. Based on the findings of this article, in spite of all straights, pressures, and violations employed by then rulers, the Imam developed an integrated hidden organization – called as Organization of Deputyship of the Imam – by selecting outstanding personalities of these centers like Ṣafwān b. Yaḥyā, Yūnus b. ‘Abd al-Raḥmān and Muhammad b. Abī ‘Umayr. Through this organization the Imam established a broad communicative network within any of these centers that had influence even on the court and the then government and directed all currents of the society on the favor of the Shi‘a.