Ma`rifat Eqtesadi

Although the main mission of the religious Hay’ats is to promote the rituals and culture of Ahl al-Bayt (AS), this Islamic institution also has economic functions in the path of economic progress of the Islamic society. Using the analytical method, in this research, we examine the role of religious Hay’ats in economic progress. In this study, the behavior of 50 religious Hay’ats between 1396 and 1401 H. SH. was investigated. The findings show that the religious Hay’ats, by strengthening and establishing sublime values such as belief in justice, patience and tolerance, resistance and standing, preservation of dignity and freedom, create a Jihadi culture and, as a result, act to change economic behaviors in line with the economic progress of the society. The help of religious Hay’ats for the transformation of the structures and the creation of institutions that drive economic progress constitutes another part of their function. Religious Hay’ats help to increase investment, reduce unemployment, increase income, create economic growth, reduce inequality and poverty, and as a result, the economic progress of the country by forming institutions such as Qarz Al-Hasna Fund, charitable institutions, jihadi group, and job creation. This function is the result of monotheistic education that takes place in this religious institution.