'Eesa will descend as follower of Muhammad, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam

15-10-2016 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalaamu alaykum. When Jesus, peace be upon him, returns to this world, will he come as a Prophet, or will he come as a follower of Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam? May Allaah reward you.

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

When Prophet ‘Eesa (Jesus) descends at the end of time, he will not descend with his legislation or with a new legislation; rather, he will follow the Sharee'ah of Muhammad represented in the Book of Allaah (the Quran) and the Sunnah of His Messenger acting according to it and ruling with it.

Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet said, “What would you do when the son of Mary would descend amongst you and would lead you as one amongst you?” The narrator (Al-Waleed ibn Muslim) said to Ibn Abi Thi'b, “Al-Awzaa’i narrated to us from Az-Zuhri from Naafi’ from Abu Hurayrah, 'And your leader is amongst you.' Ibn Abi Thi'b said, 'Do you know what the words, 'He would lead you as one amongst you,' mean?' I said, 'Explain it to me.' He said, 'He would lead you according to the Book of your Lord, The Most Exalted, and the Sunnah of your Prophet .'” [Muslim]

An-Nawawi said in Sharh Muslim, “The descent of ‘Eesa does not mean that he would descend as a Prophet with a legislation that would abrogate our legislation ... rather, it is confirmed (in authentic texts) that he will descend as a just ruler ruling with our legislation (Sharee'ah), and he will revive from our Sharee'ah what the people had abandoned from it.”

He (An-Nawawi) also said, “He will descend ruling with this legislation (Sharee'ah), not as a Prophet with a separate Message and a legislation that would abrogate our legislation; rather, he is a ruler amongst the rulers of this nation.”

For more benefit, please refer to fataawa 85366 and 115637.

Allaah knows best.