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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books An Overview of The Mahdi’s (‘atfs) Government Imam al-Mahdi’s Mode of Conduct with Enemies After many centuries of waiting and agony, the days of tyranny and darkness will finally come to an end; the rays of the sun of felicity will become visible; and the great personage who, by the help of God, is supposed to wipe out the remnants of tyranny and oppression, will appear.

He will affect extensive reforms and fundamental transformations in both the spiritual and material realms, and he will establish order in human society in a manner that will earn the pleasure of Allah.

Meanwhile, if certain persons, parties and groups would like to hinder this magnificent uprising by creating problems or slowing down the pace of his uprising by fanning the fire of agitation, they will be considered the staunch enemies of humanity and the divine religion, and they will deserve nothing but annihilation at the powerful hand of Hadrat al-Mahdi ( ‘atfs ).

Saboteurs of the revolution of the Imam ( ‘atfs ) would be those whose hands are stained with the blood of humanity, the indifferent, who had remained silent with respect to the crimes of the aggressors but raise the banner of opposition against the Imam ( ‘atfs ), or the crooked-minded who regard their understanding as superior to the words of the Imam ( ‘atfs ). Naturally, they have to be repressed with the utmost decisiveness so that human society would become forever safe from their mischief.

As such, the approach of Hadrat al-Mahdi ( ‘atfs ) toward them is decisive and uncompromising. In this chapter, we shall examine two basic issues that can be deduced from the hadith s. The Decisiveness of the Imam (‘atfs) in Confronting Enemies What has been under consideration in this section is that in dealing with enemies, the Imam ( ‘atfs ) will apply not only one type of punishment. In fact, he will exterminate some of them in war and he will pursue even the fugitives and injured among them.

He will execute some of them and destroy their houses while banishing and amputating the hands of others. 1. War and Killing Zurarah asked Imam as-Sadiq ( ‘a ): “Will the approach and policy of Hadrat al-Qa’im ( ‘atfs ) be the same as that of the Prophet (S)?” The Imam ( ‘a ) replied: “O Zurarah! Never; never. He will not adopt the policy of the Prophet (S) (in dealing with enemies).