Sufism is the outward and social aspects of Mysticism. One of the characteristics of Sufism in the 8th and 9th centuries AH is its militant aspect accompanied by Shia scholars named “enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong. In this period, there were some movements including the movement of Hurufism. In this paper, it has been discussed that the militant and anti-oppression aspect of Sufism during two centuries was due to this matter that they were Shia. This anti-oppression aspect has been one of the factors attracting the masses to Shia. At that time, the religion of Iranian people has been passing its transitional period. Although Iranian Shia in the transitional period was not exactly similar, in every respect, to Twelver Shia (Imamiyyah), but due to the proximity of Shia and Sufism and the spread of Sufism along with the activities of Shia scholars who had mystical attitudes on several occasions, the beliefs and thoughts of Shia and Shia jurisprudence in those two centuries were rapidly developed led to the establishment of the Safavid dynast and the formal ruling of the Shia in the 10th century AH. Sufis, with the spread of the religious authority of Imam Ali (AS) and Ahl al-Bayt (AS) and bringing up Ja’fari jurisprudence (Fiqh) alongside Sunni Imams jurisprudence (Fiqh), finally helped Iranian people to accept Ja'fari jurisprudence superiority over the jurisprudence of other religions. Therefore, Shi'ite Sufism in Iran can be considered one of the main parameters in the foundation of Safavid government and Iranian Shia.
