The special deputies presented to Imam az-Zaman the problems...

The special deputies presented to Imam az-Zaman the problems and questions of the Shi'ite scholars, and he answered the ones that were necessary in letter form and delivered them through the same deputies. In these letters, the most important and difficult problems on different subjects of Shi'ite beliefs were cleared up.

One of these problems was a question as to what would be the responsibility of the Shi'ites who would be faced with new events during the period of occultation, and what should they do to face them? In the letter issued by Imam az-Zaman to the…