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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Life of Imam Musa Bin Ja'far Al-kazim Chapter Xi At the Time of al-Hadi Musa al-Hadi received the Islamic caliphate during its tender youth, the bloom of its wet branch, its perfect strength and its abundant wealth. A pledge of allegiance was given to him while he was in the bloom of youth. For he was, just as the narrators say, twenty-five years old.[1] He was reckless and vainglorious. He went too far in committing sins and practicing dissoluteness.

Allah relieved the people from him in the beginning of his government. For his days did not last long. If he had lived for a loner time, the Muslims would have met during his reign the most violent and severest problems. He was tyrannical and arrogant. He did not refrain from shedding blood with out justice. He went too far in shedding the blood of the Alawids and subjected them to severe punishment.

At last he decided to severely punish Imam Musa, peace be on him, but Allah had broken his back before he carried that out. It is necessary for us to pause to talk about him. His Tendencies Musa al-Hadi was distinguished by wicked tendencies that appeared throughout his behavior and his deeds, to the extent that those near and far were displeased with him and all the people hated him. His mother al-Khayzaran harbored malice against him.

She was so angry with him and so grudging to him that she killed him. As for his qualities, they are as follows: A. His Vainglory and his Recklessness Al-Hadi undertook the office of the caliphate while he was in the bloom of youth, and that urged him to go too far in showing vainglory and recklessness.

Among the aspects of that is that when he walked, the police walked before him carrying swords and spears,[2] that he might, through that, show the pomp of the king and supreme authority, and show superiority to the people. B. His Amusement and Dissoluteness Musa al-Hadi was dissolute; he went frequently to the houses of prostitution and amusement. So he lavishly spent enormous money on his desires and pleasures.

For example, he gave fifty thousand dinars to Ibrahim al-Mousili because he sang him a song of three poetry lines, and they delighted him.[3] He gave him thirty thousand dirhams for the same reason.[4] He was too fond of singing that he spent a large [1] Khulasat al-Dhahab al-Masbuk, p. 75. [2] Hadart al-Islam fi Dar al-Salam, p. 84. [3] Al-'Asr al-'Abbasi, p. 128. [4] Abu al-Farajj al-Asfahani, vol. 5, p. 241.