Before the Appearance of Hazrat Mahdi (as) Hatred Will Be Widespread and Rulers Will Be Put To Death

Ikmaaluddin:  Shaykh Saduq (r.a.) has narrated from his father from Saad from Ibne Abil Khattab  from  Ibne  Yazi  from  Abdullah  Asim  from  Husain  bin Mukhtar  Qalanasi  from  Abdur  Rahman  bin Siyabah  that  Imam  Ja’far  Sadiq  (a.s.) said:

“What will be your condition at that time when you shall be without an Imam or guide [Mahdi] and you will be disgusted with each other? At that time you shall be severely examined and you shall be differentiated and sieved. There will be famines. A person will become a ruler in the morning and put to death in the evening.”

[The Promised Mahdi, Allamah Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi, Biharul Anwar, Volume 13 (Old Edition)/Volumes 51-52-53 (New Edition)]