In his wisdom, he thought that however clever the child may be in Islamic "FIQH", his knowledge would be limited to matters of "Salat", fasting etc.; the child would hardly know matters on "Hajj" as this act is performed but once in a year or once in life time. Yahya was proved wrong. The Imam politely but firml replied, "Your question has no answer, because it is totally incomplete."
Mwanahistoria Bwana Mas'ud ananakili tukio ambalo habari zake amezichukua kutoka katika kitabu kiitwacho 'Al-Mubarrad' na ambalo mwanahistoria mwingine Bwana Ibn Khallikan ameliweka katika maelezo (katika Juzuu ya Pili, uk. 214 wa tafsiri ya Kifaransa ya "Tarikh" ya Bwana Ibn Khallikan iliyofanywa na Bwana de Slane) ya Imamu Ali Naqi (Abul Hasan Askari [a] lisemalo kuwa, "Habari ya siri ilipelekewa Al-Mutawakkil kuwa lmamu alikuwa na zana na vita, vitabu na vitu vingine ambavyo ilikuwa vitumiwe na wafuasi wake waliyojificha nyumbani mwake, na kushawishiwa kwa taarifa mbaya ili waamini kuwa alikuwa akijitahidi kuipata dola ile.