Imam Mahdi (AS) has prohibited his followers from going to the houses and mosques of the non-believers and mullahs to listen to their sermons.

1. Bandagi Miyan Syed Khundmir (RZ) has reported that while Imam Mahdi (AS) was preaching and calling the people to come unto Allah, in the city of Thatta (Sindh, Pakistan), a mullah came to him with a boy and requested him to bless his son with his supplications. The Imam said: "Look, Shaikh Sadruddin (RZ), what this mullah is asking?" Then he added: "If Allah gives me the strength, I would collect jiziyah (head tax imposed on non-Muslims in Muslim countries) from them." In other words, the Imam said that he would collect jiziyah if Allah commanded him to do so. This narrator has heard this narration a number of times.

2. Further, may it be known that, in Seeh village, some of the migrant-companions of Imam Mahdi (AS) wrote a fault-finding document (kataba-e-zalalat), accusing Bandagi Miyan Syed Khundmir (RZ) of deviation from the right path, and sent it to him. Bandagi Miyan Syed Khundmir (RZ) was furious and repeatedly said: "You people have deviated from the path of Imam Mahdi (AS). Repent." When it was time for the 'Asr (late afternoon) prayers, Bandagi Miyan Malikjeo (RZ) and Bandagi Miyan Larh Shah (RZ) approached Bandagi Miyan Syed Khundmir (RZ) and said: "Miyan Syed Khundmir (RZ), we have seen your gentleness and toleration. What happened to them?" Miyan Khundmir (RZ) said: "Pardon me. When somebody tries to interpret or change the meaning of the sayings of Imam Mahdi (AS), my gentleness and tolerance just disappear." Then Miyan Syed Khundmir (RZ) repeatedly said: "You have deviated from the Mahdism of the Imam (AS), Repent." After this, the two respected elders asked Miyan Syed Khundmir (RZ) what he was saying. Miyan Khundmir (RZ) replied: "This banda (slave of Allah) says nothing. You say whatever Imam Mahdi (AS) has said. Imam Mahdi (AS) has said that "If Allah gave the strength, we will collect jiziyah from them. Say as Imam Mahdi (AS) had once said raising his sword that the sword was the only remaining way of talking to them. These people do not get convinced by knowledge. After all, are these people kalima-go (Muslims) or kafirs? Further, say as Imam Mahdi (AS) had said that these people had become harabi (bellicose). Hence, it has become known that they have become liable to be taxed with jiziyah. But since there was no commandment to Imam Mahdi (AS) from Allah to collect jiziyah from them, Imam Mahdi (AS) did not collect it." This narrator too was present on this occasion.

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