The Killing of the Innocent
 

The Mahdi will not emerge unless innocent people are massacred, and he will appear when those on Earth and up in the sky can no longer put up with such massacres... (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi' 'Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, p. 37)

  

 

The Mahdi will not appear until seven out of nine are killed. The killing of the innocent will be among them. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi' 'Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p.35)

 

 

The Mahdi will not emerge until innocent people are killed. When those who are without sin are killed, the people of the Earth and sky detest the killers. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi' 'Alamat
al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 35)

 

While the hadiths about his emergence mention such massacres as commonplace, they also emphasize that such massacres will target innocent people. As we discussed earlier, almost all of the wars today target civilians. So, civilians and such innocent people as children, the elderly, and women are slaughtered. Targeting these defenseless people in particular has resulted in more comprehensive massacres, while the number of people dying as a result continues to climb.

In addition to the massacres carried out during wars or various combats, acts of terrors particularly in the recent years result in mass annihilation of people. Since terror seeks to spread fear and horror, the very group on which such attacks focus are often innocent civilians.

Many people lose their lives in many different countries in the World as a result of these acts aiming at places such as shopping malls, restaurants and schools frequented by defenseless women, youths and children.
On one hand, many countries struggle against terror perpetrated by their own citizens or terrorist groups while on the other hand, mass graves are uncovered as is in the case of Bosnia; women, children and the old aged are tortured. Terror and chaotic environment targeting innocent people all around the world are among the signs of the Doomsday upon which everyone needs to contemplate.