Al-Ya’qubi said that when Imam al-Hadi (a.
Al-Ya’qubi said that when Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) arrived in al-Yasiriyya, Isaaq bin Ibrahim received him and saw how people were eager to meet and sit with the imam. So he was taken to Baghdad in the night. [2] Yahya went to visit the governor of Baghdad Isaaq bin Ibrahim adh-Dhahiri and informed him of the matter. Isaaq said to him, ‘This man (Imam al-Hadi) is the son of the messenger of Allah (a.s.) and you know that al-Mutawakkil is deviant.
If you inform al-Mutawakkil of a word against the Imam, he will kill him, and then the Prophet (a.s.) will be your opponent on the Day of Resurrection.’ Yahya…
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