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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books An Overview of The Mahdi’s (‘atfs) Government Morality before the Advent of Imam al-Mahdi (‘atfs) The weakening of the foundations of the family, of kinship and friendship; the coldness of human feelings and heartlessness are among the salient characteristics of the end of time.

The Coldness of Human Feelings The Noble Messenger of Islam (S) thus described the state of affairs of those days from the emotional perspective: “In those days the elders will not have mercy upon subordinates and the young, while the powerful will not have pity on the weak.

At that time, God will give permission to him (al-Mahdi) to rise up and reappear.”[^1] He also said: “The Day of Resurrection ( yawm al-qiyamah ) shall not take place unless the time would come when a man (out of intense poverty) would look toward his kith and kin, and swear that they are his relatives to receive help from them, but they will give nothing to him.

One will seek help from his neighbor and appeal to the right of neighborliness, but his neighbor will not render him any assistance.”[^2] The Prophet (S) also said elsewhere: “Among the signs of the Day of Resurrection is bad treatment between neighbors and severance of the bonds of kinship.”[^3] Since in some hadith s the word “ as-sa‘ah ” (the time) has been interpreted as the advent of Imam Mahdi ( ‘atfs ),[^4] I interpreted the hadith s on the “signs of the time” ( asharat as-sa‘ah ) as the “signs of the advent”.

Moral Corruption It is possible for any kind of deviation and corruption to be tolerated somehow except sexual promiscuity, which is very unpleasant and intolerable for dignified and noble people. Among the vilest and most hazardous deviations with which the society prior to the advent of the Imam of the Time ( ‘atfs ) will be afflicted would be family insecurity and moral turpitude. At that time, corruption and moral laxity will spread remarkably.

The animalistic acts of pseudo-humans will no longer be seen as indecent and obscene due to the extent of the corruption, and these acts will gradually appear as natural and normal. Corruption will be so widespread that it would be hard to find anyone who could or would want to prevent it.

The celebration of 2,500 years of the Iranian monarchy in 1971 during the rule of Muhammad Rida Pahlavi in which extremely obscene scenes of animalistic life had been presented under the guise of “Shiraz Arts” earned the condemnation of the Islamic society of Iran.