Behavioral Signs of Belief in the Imamate of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) among the Imami Shiites of the Age of Presence

Imami Shiites believe in the divine leadership of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS). This theoretical belief has been reflected in many books and articles, but so far no research has been done to focus on their practical behaviors and objective beliefs in the Age of Presence about the affairs, attributes and other axes of the Imamate system. Based on these shortcomings, even orientalists and religious dissidents have come to the conclusion that the beliefs of the Imami Shiites have been formed or evolved in the periods after the Age of Presence. In order to identify and recognize these behaviors and evaluate them, it is necessary to conduct a historical study of their manifested ideas and to clarify whether the Shiites of the Age of Presence had fundamental ideas about the Imamate. In answer to this basic question, it was concluded that the Shiites, from the very beginning of their formation, had fundamental ideas on the issue of Imamate, manifested in the political and social events of their lives. This article uses descriptive and analytical methods.