The Mahdi. He may have led him into some pitfalls and errors in killing the opponents of his revolution. However, what some historians have reported about this violence in a terrible bloody image, which does not adhere to the law, seems to be an exaggeration fabricated and spread by the enemies, whether out of veneration or hatred. The enemies of the Mahdi, may God have mercy on him, have attacked him by saying that he is… "corrupt opinions and misguided doctrines" which are taken up by the weak-minded. And among these articles are the jurists of the Maghreb, who attacked Imam Mahdi, the founder of the Almohad state, and attributed sorcery and deception to him in his call for true monotheism and his denunciation of the rebels before him, and their denial of all his claims. The jurists were driven to deny him by the envy they harbored in their hearts. When they saw themselves opposing him in knowledge, jurisprudence, and religion, as they claimed, and then he distinguished himself from them by being a followed opinion, a heard word, and a trodden path, they denied that to him and belittled him by attacking his doctrines and denying his claims.

Other characteristics: - 4 Alongside these fundamental axes in the personality of the Mahdi, we will mention other characteristics mentioned by historians. Clarifying them contributes to a greater understanding of the features of that personality. Among these is that he was ambitious for great matters, not content with small ones. "He presented in the dust and aspired to the stars," and a soul that sees the spilling of the water of life without spilling the water of honor. For this reason, he often recited the words of Al-Mutanabbi: See also: Abdullah Enan, The Era of the Almoravids and Almohads: 1/192-194. Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah: 37, 405. who took a path of prejudice against the Mahdi without looking at the different narratives with comparison and criticism. Ibn Khaldun defended the Mahdi, explaining that his family had lived under the care of the Hafsids, whose state was founded by Abu Yahya Zakariya ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Abi Hafs Umar al-Muahidi. Therefore, it is not reasonable for him to openly attack the Imamate of the Mahdi in his introduction. This statement is rejected because the Hafsids had separated from the Almohads and renounced their allegiance, and some of their princes had attacked the Mahdi long before Ibn Khaldun's arrival. See for this: Al-Zarkashi, History of the Two Dynasties: 4/54. Ibn Khallikan, Obituaries: 38. 1043