A Sign of the Spread of Materialism


 

The Mahdi will appear when the letters of the Bismillah are caused to lose their importance. (Resalatul huruj ul-mahdi, p. 29)

 

What is meant by the letters of the Bismillah mentioned in the hadith may be people’s stance towards the morality of the religion and the stance of their faith. Indeed, in a period when people’s faith weaken, Mahdi will appear and ideologically eliminate these movements. Considered from this viewpoint, the expression of the hadith may indicate the severity of the materialist and Darwinist influence upon people.

One, and perhaps the most important, of the duties of Mahdi, who will come before the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)is the preparation of the ground for the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) by eliminating these philosophical and intellectual movements