Sayyid Hashim Bahrani has narrated a traditional report, whose
gist is as follows:
Whenever Imam Hadi (a.s.) entered the assembly of Mutawakkil, all the people present there arose to accord respect to him.
When His Eminence sat down they condemned each other why
they had stood up? So they decided not do so again. However, when
His Eminence again entered, they automatically stood up in honor.
One day, Abu Hashim Ja’fari said to them: “You had decided not to stand up?” They replied: “By God, we were unable to stop ourselves from standing up automatically.”
Ithbatul Huda, vol. 6, p. 233
Isbaatul Wilayah (Part One) – Ayatullah AliNamazi Shahroodi (r.a.)