Heretics and Imam Al-Hadi
Ibn Hasakah preached to the people that Imam al-Hadi was in fact God. On top of that, he told people that he was a prophet sent by Imam al-Hadi to guide the Muslims, and with that declaration he also claimed that prayer, zakāt, hajj, and fasting were no longer required. Upon hearing this, Imam al-Hadi immediately rejected what Ibn Hasakah had said and ordered that those who preach such blasphemy should be both rejected and killed. Muhammad bin Nusayr al-Fihiri an-Namiri was also a heretic claiming the Imam to be God. He claimed that it was permitted to marry close relatives, such as a sister or a daughter, and he permitted sodomy and promoted the idea of transmigration of the soul. Other heretics went as far as to claim that words such as "zakāt" or "prayer" didn't mean praying or giving alms, but instead that the words referred to a man and not to an actual action. Again, Imam al-Hadi immediately rejected the claims and he ordered that Muslims reject them as well. In addition, he ordered their deaths, as made evident when he said,"...if you overcome any of them (extremists), break his head with a stone!" His commands act to show the extreme importance the Imam placed on making sure that all Muslims remained pure of blasphemy so that they wouldn't be led astray into hellfire.
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