Editing Ali AL-Hadi (section)

==Imamate==
The followers of his father generally recognized him as imam. Later a small group broke away under unexplained circumstances, claiming that Musa was the imam; they soon returned to allegiance to Ali, since Musa dissociated himself from them. 

After the accession of [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-1/al-mutawakkil-SIM_4949?s.num=402&s.start=400 Mutawakkil] <ref>r. 232-47/847-61</ref> to the caliphate, the governor of Medina, Abdallah b. Muhammad b. Daʾud Hashemi, wrote the caliph, warning about the activity of Ali and his followers. The imam in turn sent a letter to Mutawakkil defending himself against the accusations. Mutawakkil replaced the governor and, in a letter, assured Ali of his highest regard and trust but requested that he move to the caliph’s residence, together with those members of his family, clients, and servants whom he might wish to bring along. He sent Yahya b. Harthama b. Aʿyan to Medina to provide the imam with a military escort. Mutawakkil’s letter as quoted by Kolayni and Shaikh Mofid may well be authentic, though its date was evidently wrongly transmitted to Mofid as Jomada II, 243/October, 857, instead of 233/January, 848. When the imam reached Baghdad, many people gathered to see him, and the governor, the Taherid Eshaq b. Ebrahim, rode out to meet him and stayed with him for part of the night.
 
He arrived in Samarra on 23 Ramadan 233/1 May 848. The caliph did not immediately receive him but, on the next day, assigned a house for his residence. The imam remained in Samarra for the rest of his life under constant observation. He was evidently able to maintain contact with his representatives among his followers, sending them his instructions and receiving through them the financial contributions of the faithful from the khoms and religious vows.