The letter of hope from Imām Askarī (pbuh)
None of my ancestors were under suspicion [by some of the Shiites], as much as me! (Ikmāl al- Dīn, Vol. 1, P. 222)
Similarly, most of the Shiites and the friends of Imām Hādī (pbuh) referred to Imām Ḥasan Askarī (pbuh) as an Imām, after Imām Hādī (pbuh)’s martyrdom. But, a few people called the other son of Imām Hādī (pbuh), Ja’far ibn Alī “Ja’far Kaddhab [liar]”, as their Imām! Also, another group considered Sayyid Muḥammad who died at the time of Imām Hādī (pbuh), their Imām!