Imam Muhammad bin Ali al-Baqir (A) used…

Imam Muhammad bin Ali al-Baqir (A) used all the permissible and possible means in creating a Shia organization; a powerful and all-encompassing institution. Imam al-Baqir’s educating and nurturing individuals to be his deputies and his representatives in order to follow up on his endeavors, to continue the propagation, and to take his teachings upon their shoulders; this was Imam al-Baqir’s underground institution, which had started from before him, but during his time it gained a new fervor, which was a very dangerous action [for the enemy].