How he got license to issue verdicts?

Miracles of Masoomeen
Mufaddal bin Umar says: Mansur made an intention to eliminate Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a) a number of times, but whenever he summoned him with this in mind, he used to be overawed on seeing him and he refrained from his plans.
So he laid restrictions on who the Imam can meet due to which people were unable to inquire about religious issues and even the laws of marriage and divorce were almost suspended.
This was very hard on his Shia. So Almighty Allah inspired Mansur to demand from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a) a gift which no one else possessed.
Imam (a) sent to him a piece from the wooden staff of Messenger of Allah (s). He was extremely elated to receive that and cut it up into four smaller pieces and sent them to the four central places of his kingdom. After that he said: “The recompense of your gift is only that I should lift the restriction that I had placed on you and I will not apply any such bans in future. You are permitted to disseminate your knowledge among your followers and people can meet you freely. But you must exercise one precaution: that is you don’t remain in the city I am.”
After that students came to him in hordes and people fulfilled their needs of his knowledge.

Manaqib, Ibne Shahr Ashob, Vol. 4, Pg. 238, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 3,Pg.32

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