At the end of time...

At the end of time, however, religion will be sold for a miserable price, and those who were believers in the morning will become infidels by the afternoon. In this regard, the Messenger of God (S) has said: “Woe to the Arabs for the evil that is approaching them. Seditions, like nighttime, are dark and gloomy. A man would be a believer in the morning and an infidel at sunset. A group will sell their religion for a trivial profit and a miserable amount.

Anyone at that time who will cling steadfastly to his religion would be like one who will take an ember from the fire or squeeze a thorn in his hands.”[^8] [^1]: Thawab al-A‘mal, p. 301; Jami‘ al-Akhbar, p. 129; Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 52, p. 190. [^2]: Tafsir Furat, p. 44. [^3]: Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 2, p. 190. [^4]: Thawab al-A‘mal, p. 301; Jami‘ al-Akhbar, p. 129; Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 52, p. 190. [^5]: Wahhabi: follower of Muhammad ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhab, the founder of the Wahhabi sect.

For information on Wahhabism, see Ayatullah Ja‘far Subhani, Wahhabism (Tehran: Naba’ Organization, 1996); http://www.al-islam.org/wahhabism-ayatullah-jafar-subhani . (Trans.) [^6]: It refers to the Sa‘udi massacre, in the 1987 Hajj, of hundreds of mostly Iranian pilgrims in Mecca at the order of America under the pretext that “The Iranians wanted to take out the Black Stone of the Ka‘bah and bring it to Qum!” as parroted by the Wahhabi ‘ulama’ throughout the Muslim world.

(Trans.) [^7]: Ibn Tawus, Malahim, p. 144. [^8]: Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Musnad, vol. 2, p. 390. Previous…