Imam Ali al-Hadi to Mutawakkil

It is narrated by Al-Mas’oudi in Murooj-adh-Dhahab that al-Imam ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Hadi (as) was called into the court of the Abbasid caliph Mutawakkil while the latter was indulging in alcohol and merrymaking. He was called to partake of it, but the Imam abstained stating “My flesh and blood can never mingle with alcohol.” ThenContinue reading “Imam Ali al-Hadi to Mutawakkil”