Then he would say, “Eliminate whoever does not have faith in which you believe.

Then he would say, “Eliminate whoever does not have faith in which you believe.”[^6] In Ghaibat Nomani it is narrated through the author’s own chains of narrators that His Eminence, Abu Ja’far Baqir (as) said: “If people knew what all Qaim (aj) would do at the time he appears, most of them would wish they never see him. Among his main activities would be the elimination of infidels. Indeed, His Eminence will not begin except with Quraish.

Then except for the sword in its sheath, nothing will change. So much so, that people would begin to say: This man is not from the Progeny of Muhammad (as). Had he been from them he would certainly have been merciful.”[^7] In Irshad of Dailami it is narrated from Imam Abu Ja’far Baqir (as) that he said: “When Qaim (aj) arises he would head towards Kufa.

After that tens of thousands of persons called Batariya who would have concealed weapons would come out and tell the Imam: Go back from whatever you have come for, as we have no need of Bani Fatima. Then His Eminence would fight and eliminate all of them.

Then he would enter Kufa and slay every hypocrite and doubter and destroy their forts and eliminate all their fighters in order to obtain the satisfaction of Allah.”[^8] I say: There are numerous reports about this but we refrained from quoting them for the sake of brevity.

He said: “The known hour is the time of the advent of the Qaim of Aale Muhammad. When the Almighty Allah makes him reappear in the Masjid of Kufa, Iblees will come on his knees saying: ‘O woe be on these days.’ At that time the Imam will catch him by his forelocks and put him to death. That time is the day of the known hour when his time would be up.”[^9] I say: Allamah Bahrani has quoted this report from Imam Sadiq (as) in Burhan [^10] and there is another report of the same meaning.

There is no contradiction between this report and another quoted in Biharul Anwar and Burhan that the Messenger of Allah (S) will slay the Satan.