hadith I heard from him—reporting it through ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, from Abū Qābūs, the client of ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr—who said:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared, “The compassionate are shown compassion by the All-Compassionate. Show mercy to those on earth and the One in heaven will show mercy to you.” ⦗1⦘

446 – al-ʿĀlī billāh Idrīs ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥammūd,
an Alid of the Idrisid line.

The Berbers released him from prison and gave him the throne after the killing of Najā the eunuch and, later, the death of his brother al-Ḥasan ibn Yaḥyā.

Al-ʿĀlī was gentle and merciful, yet of limited intelligence: he brought frivolous people close to him, never hiding his faults from them, and his administration was poor. The Berbers therefore turned to Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Idrisī, installed him in Algeciras, and called him al-Mahdī. Al-Andalus became a laughing-stock: within a journey of four days, four different men were styling themselves Commander of the Faithful. The Mahdī’s venture, however, failed to materialise; death overtook him suddenly, leaving eight sons—and in Algeciras there arose