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sized earlier, was defined in the hadiths through similar in-
                 cidents during the dominion of these two blessed servants
                 of Allah. Some of these are as follows:
                    Hazrat Mahdi (as) will rule the world just like the Prophet
                    Solomon (as) and Hazrat Dhu’l-Qarnayn (as). (Ibn Hajar al-
                    Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-
                    Muntadhar, p. 30)
                    There are four rulers on earth in total. Two are from the believ-
                    ers and two from the unbelievers. The believers are the Prophet
                    Solomon (as) and Hazrat Dhu’l-Qarnayn (as). The unbelievers
                    are Nimrod and Nebuchadnezzar. ONE FROM MY PEOPLE
                    WILL RULE THE WORLD AS THE FIFTH. In other words,
                    HAZRAT MAHDI (AS). (Imam Rabbani, Letters of Rabbani,
                    2/251)

                    The situation before

                    Hazrat Mahdi's (as) emergence

                    • In the End Times, my community will suffer severe strong
                    troubles because of their sultans, so that all places will be con-
                    fining for Muslims. (Al-Burhan fi `Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-
                    Zaman, p. 12)

                    This hadith points out that before Hazrat Mahdi (as)
                 comes, those who lack religious morals and have a cruel
                 and merciless character will come to power in some
                 Muslim countries. As a matter of fact, some contemporary
                 Muslim rulers oppress Muslims and crush people with
                 their oppressive and despotic regimes. In other countries,
                 people are subjected to trouble because their rulers are un-
                 qualified to rule. Muslims in some countries, particularly
                 Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Tunisia,
                 and Djibouti, are oppressed by their respectives, and so are


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