Because Nader Shah was thinking of gaining absolute power, and had previously opposed the rise of Shiite Ulama to power, and had killed some of them under the some pretexts, he decided to separate and appoint two men to lead the congregation and Shaykh al-Islam.[122] Nader Shah, knowing the records of Mirza Mohammad Rahim Sabzevari, who was one of the scholars who agreed with him and favored him, consulted with him, and he replied that "the position of Imam of Friday Prayer was in the family of Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi and our ancestor Mohaghegh Sabzevari has already been Shaykh al-Islam".