Imamate of Imam Hasan Askari عليه السلام

H 175 - Saad bin Abdullah has narrated from Dawood bin Qasim Ja’fari that he said: I was with Imam Hasan Askari عليه السلام when he said: When the Qaim عليه السلام stages an uprising he will order razing of the minarets and maqsoorahs of mosques. I (the narrator) said: I wondered what it denoted. The Imam turned to me and said: It means that all these are innovations. Neither were they sanctioned by the Prophet nor his true successors.