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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books An Overview of The Mahdi’s (‘atfs) Government The Soldiers of Imam al-Mahdi (‘atfs) The forces of Hadrat al-Mahdi ( ‘atfs ) will be composed of various nationalities and at the time of uprising they will be called through unique means. The individuals who have been designated before as commanders will assume the responsibility of guiding the soldiers and planning war operations.

The soldiers to be accepted in the army of al-Mahdi ( ‘atfs ) under special circumstances have peculiar characteristics of their own. Some will be present in the primary staff and some will join the army. A group has been called the security guard corps. In this chapter, we will take a look at the hadith s related to this topic.

Commanders of the Army In the hadith s we can read the names of the individuals who have been associated with particular military operations and the command of a number of soldiers. In this section, we shall mention the names and functions of some of them: 1.

Hadrat ‘Isa (Jesus Christ) (‘a) The Commander of the Faithful ( ‘a ) said in a sermon ( khutbah ): “…Then the Mahdi ( ‘atfs ) will appoint Hadrat ‘Isa ( ‘a ) as his representative in the offensive operations against ad-Dajjal (the Anti-Christ). ‘Isa ( ‘a ) will set out to capture and suppress ad-Dajjal.

Ad-Dajjal who will then be controlling the entire world, destroying agriculture and human generation, will call the people toward him and anyone who accepts him will be treated with favor and anyone who refuses to accept him would be killed. He will travel throughout the world, with the exception of Mecca, Medina and Bayt al-Muqaddas (Jerusalem), and all the illegitimate children from both the east and the west of the globe will rally around him.

“Ad-Dajjal will set out toward the Hijaz and ‘Isa ( ‘a ) will intercept him at the passage of Harsha. ‘Isa ( ‘a ) will direct a horrible shout at him and strike him a decisive blow. Ad-Dajjal will melt in a blazing fire like lead melting in fire.”[^1] The penetration of the blow that will lead to the melting of ad-Dajjal is perhaps due to the use of the ultramodern weapons at that time, or it could be due to one of the miracles of Hadrat ‘Isa.

Concerning the salient features of Hadrat ‘Isa ( ‘a ), it is thus stated: “He has such magnificence that once the enemy sees him he will remember death as if ‘Isa was demanding his life.”[^2] 2.