Tarikh Islam

Associate professor in Islamic Azad University- Qaemshahr The present study has two sections: the first is concerned with the historical course, the limits and the jurisdiction of the Muhtasib's post and the necessary qualifications for acceding to it in religious scholars' views and works and that of the states men in Abbasid period; in the second one, the extent to which the appointments conformed with the necessary qualifications and standards for this religious institution is investigated, and finally, it is concluded that this responsibility used to be relegated to learned men who were familiar with legal and jurisprudential matters, and to trustworthy and qualified men. Some rulers, however, would relegate this post which should bring about peace and security for people to persons who would promise to pay more.