Just as Prophecy ended after the Prophet Mohammed and reformers came in Islam who renovated their religion subject to the environment. Similarly after the arrival of Imam Mehdi the renovation of those reformers will cease to exist and according to (the needs of) all the religions Imam Mehdi will instigate his own reforms. It is mentioned in some books that he will establish a new religion.
It was for this reason that the poet Iqbal said, “if there is love then even disbelieving is believing.”
Sachal Sai (a Saint) has said, “without the love of the beloved Sachal, what is belief and what is disbelief.”
If anyone worshiped their entire life but at the end that person opposed Imam Mehdi and Jesus, who will come back into the world, Jesus with his physical body and the Mehdi with the “earthly spirits” then that person is bound for hell like Bilyam Bawar and is cursed and rejected like Satan. ( Bilyam Bawar was a man at the time of Moses, who opposed Moses, and who will go to hell in the form of the dog Qutmeer).
If anyone spent their entire existence living like the dogs but in the end helped and assisted the Mehdi and Jesus then that person will go to paradise. Just as the dog Qutmeer. (who was exalted by only sitting in the company of the “Companions of the Cave” and who will go to paradise).
The people who have Ishq (passionate Love of God) when they are in a religion, (in some place) God then showers that place with his mercy. Then if that person is Baba Farid (a Muslim Saint) then even the Hindus and Sikhs come to his door and if he is Baba Guru Nanak, (an exalted spiritual figure revered by Sikhs) then even the Muslims and the Christians come to his door.
Some sects and religions say that I’sa (Jesus) has passed away and that his tomb is in Afghanistan. This is incorrect propaganda. In Afghanistan there is the tomb of another man by the name of I’sa. What would be the purpose of the burial when transport was primitive at the time and it would have taken months to travel
(to Afghanistan). Some ask how was Jesus raised to the celestial sphere? I ask how did Adam descend from the sky? Further, the Prophet Idris is still physically living in paradise and Khidr and the Prophet Elias still exist in the world and have not died.
The grandson of the grand Sheikh Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani, Hayat al-Ameer is six hundred years old (and is still alive). His grandfather, the Sheikh, said to him that do not die until you meet the Mehdi and give my salutations to him. The Saint Shah Latif was given the title Bari Imam by him (Hayat Al-Ameer). Close to Murri, (in Pakistan) is a place known as Bara Koh, signs of the sitting place (the retreat of Hayat Al-Ameer) are preserved there.
The punishment for physical crimes is imprisonment, a fine or the death penalty. If any person is on the spiritual path then the punishment is remorse as the punishment for spiritual sins or crimes is very severe. A person who slanders another, as punishment his spiritual rewards are transferred to the person that has been the subject of the slandering. Further desire, envy, stinginess and arrogance destroy any rewards that are written (on the persons record). If a person has any amount of light inside them, then this is confiscated if that person insults, abuses or begrudges any Prophet or Saint just as the Sheikh San’aan insulted the grand Sheikh Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani and his visions and miracles were confiscated from him.
There is a story about the Saint Bayazid Bostami. When he discovered that a particular person was insulting and slandering him, the Saint fixed a monetary reward for him. The man continued to slander the Saint and continue to receive the money also. Then one day his wife scolded him and said that he should either stop the treachery or stop taking the money or stop insulting the Saint. The man started to praise the Saint. When the Saint discovered that the man started to praise him, he stopped the payment. The man appeared before the Saint and asked that when he insulted the Saint he was paid and now why has the payment stopped? When he has started to praise the Saint. The Saint said that at first you was my employee and because of your bad deed (slander) my sins were being washed away and I was paying for that service and for what shall I pay you now?.
The above-mentioned sins are connected with the spirit of the self at its lowest, base self, who is helped by Satan. Whereas piety, generosity, forgiveness, patience and gratitude, humbleness and the merciful rays and Grace of God are all connected to the witnessing Qalb (the fully illuminated and purified Qalb and heart) whose helper is the complete spiritual teacher and guide.