The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 171
The Messiah and his Second Coming 171 fill the earth with human blood and will cause bloodshed unparalleled in the annals of the world. They will start killing as soon as they appear, without any admonition and without manifesting any sign. They allege that Je- susas will be a counsellor or minister of Imam Muham- mad Mahdi who will be the ruler, but Jesus will constantly incite the Mahdi to bloodshed as if to make up for his previous teachings: 'Resist not evil, and, being smitten on one cheek, turn the other cheek as well. ' [Masīḥ Hindustan Meiń, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 15, pp. 5-7]. Ahmadiyyah Belief about the Mahdī My belief and the belief of the members of my Commu- nity is that the bulk of the Ahādīth concerning the advent of the Mahdi and the Promised Messiah are utterly un- trustworthy. These fall into three categories: 1) The Ahādīth which are false and fabricated. They are reported on the authority of people who were considered dishonest and given to falsehood. No sincere Muslim can place any trust in them. 2) The Aḥādīth which are considered weak and which are untrustworthy on account of mutual contradictions. They are either not mentioned by the great Imāms of Hadith or have been mentioned as doubtful, and the truth and hon- esty of their narrators is not certified. 3) The Ahādīth which are true, and are confirmed as such, but have either been already fulfilled or they make no reference to any physical warfare and only predict the coming of the Mahdī who will have no worldly kingdom or Khilafat and will neither fight nor cause bloodshed. He will have no army but will establish faith in the hearts of the people through his spirituality and inner attention. For instance, there is the Hadith: