The faith in the appearance of the Mahdi (AS) is not merely a source of comfort and solace, it is rather a source of strength and resourcefulness, because it is faith in the removal of injustice and tyranny even if it darkens the entire world and is an inexhaustible source of strength and resistance, as it is a ray of hope which removes despair from the human spirit by keeping the flame of hope lit in gloomy times when injustice assumes monstrous dimensions.

We will trace it both from etymological and terminological aspect and then see their interpretation pertinent to the underlying concept. Afterward, we will discuss the concept of Mahdism, characters, and time of emergence. Moreover, we will also expose the concept of justice which becomes the salient features of al-mahdi which will emerge in the midst of endless conflict of humanity.

Labor-leisure choices have been explored by the social scientists in a conventional rigorous manner. It has been taken as a residual demand function (Labor supply models), as well as in the joint utility (consumption and leisure bundles) maximizing frameworks (e.g. varian, 1992) .

As the world continues to divide along the lines of faith and religion, interfaith dialogue has emerged as a legitimate and powerful tool for peacemaking across the boundaries of culture and belief. This is especially true for followers of the three Abrahamic traditions who have the potential to realize geo-political and cross-cultural reconciliation through this type of engagement. But viewed through the prism of the eschatological texts of Twelver Shi’ism and Christianity, does interfaith dialogue serve a valid and useful purpose?