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Signs of Jesus’ (pbuh)
Second Coming

72. Degeneration among Politicians

In the End Times there will be cruel rulers,
wicked ministers, treacherous judges, and
lying hodjas. If anyone goes to them, let him
not be allied to them, help them, or show them
the way. (Risalat al-Khuruj al-Mahdi, p. 182)

Some chiefs and rulers of states will … take

[unjustly] what is not given to you [as the
poor ones entitled to take] from the state trea-
sure. (Mukhtasar Tazkirah al-Qurtubi, p. 380,
no. 697)

Soon there will appear some chiefs who will confiscate your food
and soothe you with lies. They will work, yet what they do will
be evil. Their worst attribute is that they will not be pleased
with you until you consider their evil as good and confirm their
lies. (al-Tabarani)

One by one, the principles of Islam will be violated and some
statesmen will misguide people ... (al-Hakim, Mustadrak)

One important feature of this time is the emergence of ruthless,
cruel leaders who lead their peoples to disaster. The twentieth century
was full of such people. These individuals, who adopted ideologies
far removed from the moral values of religion, became notorious for

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