Influential Factors on Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq powerin Yemen (284-298)

Zaidiyyah ruled for a long time from 284 to 1382 AH in Yemen. Among political, cultural and social factors affecting the survival of Zaidiyyah    in Yemen, the role of Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq is undoubtedly undeniable. This study seeks to investigate what was the influential factors on the political power of Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq government in the third century? Consideration of these factors can be applied to make patterns for Islamic governments. This article by analyzing historical data based on library resources found that Zaidiyyah Imams by imitating Prophet's seerah, succeeded to attract the mass and promote their cultural and social levels. In this study by explaining components and criteria underlying government’s socio-political strategies and analyzing domestic factors and Yemeni people's tendency toward Al-Hadi, it was indicated that Al-Hadi has paid considerable attention to Islamic teachings specially Zaidi Shi'ite jurisprudence and theology.