Abū’l-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Hādī ibn Muḥammad al-Jawād ibn ʿAlī al-Riḍā ibn Mūsā al-Kāẓim ibn Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq ibn Muḥammad al-Bāqir ibn ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ibn Ḥusayn al-Shahīd ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib. He is one of the Twelve Imams. He is the father of Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-ʿAskarī. According to an ignorant, mendacious, sinful, and deviant sect, his reappearance is awaited.
He was a devout and ascetic person. Al-Mutawakkil transferred him to Sāmarrāʾ. There, he resided for twenty years and a few months, and he died there in this year.
At one time, it was reported to al-Mutawakkil that there were weapons and numerous letters from many people found in the house of Abū’l-Ḥasan ʿAlī. Upon this, al-Mutawakkil sent a group of soldiers there. The soldiers raided his house unexpectedly and saw him sitting on dry earth, wearing a woolen cloak, and facing the qibla. They took him in this state and brought him before al-Mutawakkil. Al-Mutawakkil was at a wine table. When Abū’l-Ḥasan ʿAlī was made to stand before him, al-Mutawakkil showed him respect, honored him, seated him beside himself, and offered him the wine cup in his hand. Abū’l-Ḥasan ʿAlī responded: "O Commander of the Believers! This thing called wine has never entered my stomach, nor mixed with my flesh and blood. Excuse me from this." Al-Mutawakkil exempted him from drinking wine, then said to him: "Recite a poem for me." He then recited the following poem:
"They spent the night on the peaks of mountains, strong men guarded them. But the summits of the mountains did not benefit them. They could not save them from calamities.
After honor and dignity, they were brought down from their palaces to the ground. They were placed in a pit. What an evil place they were placed in.
After they were buried in the grave, a crier called out to them:
Where are the crowns, where are the ornaments, where are the close companions!...
Where are those radiant faces upon whom veils were drawn, upon whose heads crowns were placed.
When they were placed in their graves, the worms were let loose upon those radiant faces. The worms fought each other to consume them.
After a long period of eating in the world, they were placed in the grave, and after this long life, they began to be eaten."
After this poem of Abū’l-Ḥasan, al-Mutawakkil wept until the earth was moistened. Those around him also wept. He ordered the wine table to be removed, commanded that 4,000 dinars be given to Abū’l-Ḥasan, asked for his forgiveness, and sent him home with respect, honor, and dignity. May Allah have mercy on Abū’l-Ḥasan.