Some scholars of religious law will be seriously hostile to Hazrat Mahdi (as) in his time

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30 April, 2009

"... WHEN THE IMAM MAHDI (AS) APPEARS, ONLY SCHOLARS OF RELIGIOUS LAW WILL BE INIMICAL TOWARD HIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)]. HIS [HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS)] SWORD IS HIS BROTHERS. If he did not have a sword in his hand - IN OTHER WORDS, IF HE HAD NO BROTHERS - THE SCHOLARS OF CANON LAW WOULD ISSUE HIS DEATH WARRANT. Because Almighty Allah will purify him [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] with His munificence and sword (HIS BROTHERS), and they will attach credence to him [Hazrat Mahdi (as)]. THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN HIS PRONOUNCEMENTS WILL BE OBLIGED TO ACCEPT IT AND WILL CONCEAL THE CONTRARY OPINION."

(Ramuz Al-Hadith. pp. 56, 73)

In his [Hazrat Mahdi’s (as)] time, the religion will be completely purged of all subsequent accretions and restored to its original form. HE WILL OPPOSE THE ULAMA OF THE SCHOOLS IN MANY OF HIS PRONOUNCEMENTS. FOR THAT REASON, THEY WILL KEEP AWAY FROM HIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)]. According to their presumptions, they will accept that Allah truly did not leave a renovator (mujdahid) after the imams......

(Muhyiddin Arabi, "Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya", Chap. 66 Vol. 3, pp. 327- 328)

In his “Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya" Muhyiddin Ibn al-‘Arabi states:
...Hazrat Mahdi (as) will restore the religion to exactly as it was in the time of the Prophet (saas). He will eliminate the schools from the world. No school will be left apart from the true, pure faith. HIS ENEMIES WILL BE THOSE WHO IMMITATE THE SCHOLARS OF IJTIHAD [scholars who make a legal decision by independent interpretation of the Islamic sources]. That is because THEY WILL BE DISPLEASED when they see Hazrat Mahdi (as) pronounce in opposition to the imams of the schools, BUT NEITHER WILL THEY OPPOSE HIM... HIS [HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS)] SWORD IS HIS BROTHERS. Since they fear his sword they will submit to his rule, willingly or unwillingly. HIS DECLARED ENEMIES WILL BE THE SCHOLARS OF RELIGIOUS LAW. BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE NO MORE ESTEEM IN THE PUBLIC EYE. AND EVEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON THE SUBJECT OF AHQAM WILL DECLINE." With his [Hazrat Mahdi's (as)] coming, he will overcome scholars' disputes regarding their pronouncements... IF HE HAD NO SWORD IN HIS HAND THE SCHOLARS OF RELIGIOUS LAW WOULD ISSUE HIS [HAZRAT MAHDI'S (AS)] DEATH WARRANT. Because Almighty Allah will purify him [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] with His munificence and his sword, AND THEY WILL OBEY HIM [HAZRAT Mahdi (as)]. Because they will have no more esteem in the public eye and even their knowledge of dogma will decline. With the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as), disputes over pronunciations among scholars will be overcome. They will both fear him [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] and also have expectations of him. THEY WILL HATE HIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] IN THEIR HEARTS, BUT THEY WILL STILL, WILLINGLY OR UNWILLINGLY, ACCEPT HIS PRONOUNCEMENTS....

(Muhammad Ibn Rasul al Husayn al-Barzanji, Portents of Doomsday, 186-187)

Imam Rabbani says this on the subject:

When Hazrat Mahdi (as) whose coming is promised wishes to raise the value of the religion and renovate the Sunnah, those who are used to act along with the people of innovation [ahl al-bidah] and who imagine that things not in fact lying at the essence of the religion are in fact the commandments of the faith will say with amazement: "THIS PERSON [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WANTS TO DO AWAY WITH OUR RELIGION AND DESTROY OUR SHARI'A [WAY OF BELIEF AND PRACTICE]."

(Letters of Rabbani, 1/535)

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Some scholars of religious law will be seriously hostile to Hazrat Mahdi (as) in his time