Imam Ali al-Hadi (a.

Imam Ali al-Hadi (a.s) resided in Samarra for ten years and some months until his death. Meanwhile, here are some reports of his nomination for the imamate and of his being indicated for succession: Abū al-Qāsim Ja‘far ibn Muḥammad informed me on the authority of Muḥammad ibn Ya‘qūb, on the authority of ‘Alī ibn Ibrāhīm, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ismā‘īl b.

Mihrān, who said: When Abū Ja‘far (al-Jawād) left Medina for Baghdād on the first of the two occasions in which he did so, I (i.e. Ismā‘īl b. Mihrān) said to him at his departure: “May I be your ransom, I am afraid for you…