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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Life of Imam Al-mahdipeace Be Upon Him The Great Emissaries of the Imam of the Time (a.s) His Eminence, Imam Mahdi (a.s) appointed some prominent scholars and worthy people as his emissaries so that they may act as medium between the Imam and the Shias. Their function was to convey the problems and queries of the Shias to His Eminence and seek their solution from His Eminence. We have already mentioned some of these queries in the past pages.

In the following pages we shall provide some details about the special representatives of the Holy Imam (a.s). 1. Uthman bin Saeed Amri He was the first representative and ambassador of His Eminence. He had the honor of being the Imam's representative for a long time. He was a very worthy personality and most trustworthy and reliable gentleman. Let us briefly discuss the life and times of Uthman bin Saeed.

Uthman bin Saeed's services to the Imam (a.s) Uthman bin Saeed remained in the service of the Holy Imam (a.s) for many years. He joined the services of the Infallible Imams (a.s) when he was just a lad of eleven.

At that time, the situation was very tense and especially during the rule of the Bani Abbas and Mutawakkil, the tyrant Abbaside who was absolutely cruel and atrocious on the Holy Imam, and he subjected them to constant surveillance and surrounded them with police and kept them under house arrest. Uthman bin Saeed for the sake of their holy mission of Imamate and Wilayat (Guardianship) posed as an oil-vendor till he got the appellation of “Samman”.

And in this disguise he became a link between the Shias and their Imam. The Shias sent to him their religious payments and he also put these monies in the oil containers and delivered them to His Eminence, Imam Hadi (a.s) and after that to Imam Askari (a.s) and thus by this he used to solve the financial problems of the Holy Imams. And after those two Imams, he also received the honor of representing His Eminence, the Awaited Imam (a.s).

Trustworthiness and reliability of Uthman bin Saeed According to historical sources and biographical sciences, Uthman bin Saeed was among the trustworthy, pious and just people. So much so, that His Eminence, Imam Hadi (a.s) has certified his reliability and introduced him to be a trustworthy person: A.