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 Jesusas will be a counsellor or minister of Imam Muḥammad Mahdi who will be the ruler, but Jesus will constantly incite the Mahdī 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. ' [Masiḥ Hindustan Mein, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 15, pp. 5-7]. . Aḥmadiyyah Belief about the Mahdi. My belief and the belief of the members of my Community is that the bulk of the Aḥādīth concerning the advent of the Mahdi and the Promised Messiah are utterly untrustworthy. These fall into three categories: 1) The Aḥādīth 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 honesty of their narrators is not certified. 3) The Aḥādīth 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 Mahdi 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 Ḥadīth: