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Islamic Scholars
Consider Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) Coming
as a Matter of Aqidah (Faith)
In almost all works that dwell
on the essence of faith of the followers of Sunnah,
there is reference to Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) coming
to Earth before the Last Day, his struggle against
Dajjal and his killing him, and the pervasion
of the morality of true religion over the Earth.
Assessing the evidence from the Qur'an and the
news provided by hadiths altogether, Islamic scholars
have adopted faith in Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) return
as an important tenet of faith. The related explanations
are as follows:
1.
In verse 157 of the Surat an-Nisa', God commands,
"...They did not kill him
and they did not crucify him but it was made to
seem so to them...." This verse, together
with many others, reveal that Prophet Jesus (pbuh)
is alive in God's sight and indicates that he
will come to Earth for a second time. Reaching
to consensus on this issue, Islamic scholars state
that advocating a contrary suggestion is by no
means possible. For instance in his commentary
of this verse, Ibn Hazm stresses that someone
who says Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is murdered would
revert back from Islam or become a disbeliever.
2.
The fact that the hadiths pertaining to Prophet
Jesus' (pbuh) second coming are mutawatir, that
is, so clear as to be immune to any doubts, is
a great evidence for Muslims. Furthermore, there
exists not a single different hadith that maintains
otherwise - that is, any hadith that suggests
that Prophet Jesus (pbuh) will not return.
3. Another
evidence used by Islamic scholars is the hadith
narrated by Jabir Ibn Abdullah which says, "Anyone
who denies Mahdi's coming has denied what was
revealed to Prophet Mohammed (may God bless him
and grant him peace). Anyone who rejects Prophet
Jesus' (pbuh), son of Maryam, coming has become
a disbeliever. Anyone who does not accept Dajjal's
appearance has also become a disbeliever."
There is reference
to this hadith in very important Islamic resources
such as, Fasl al-Khitab by Khwaja Parsa
Bukhari, Maani al-Akhbar by Muhammed
ibn Ibrahim Kalabadhi, Al-Rawd Al-Unuf
by Suhayl, Arf-ul-wardi-fi Akhbar Mahdi
by Jalaluddin Suyuti. This aside, Sheikh Abu Bakr
has explained the chain of people who narrated
this hadith. It is as follows (from the last person
to the first): Muhammad Ibn Hasan, Abu Abdullah
al-Hussein Ibn Muhammad, Isma'il Ibn Abi Uways,
Malik Ibn Abas, Muhammad Ibn Munkadir, Jabir Ibn
Abdullah.1
4.
The abundance of narrators who reported the hadiths
related to Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) coming and their
trustworthiness is another issue to which Islamic
scholars draw attention. Some of the narrators
who reported these hadiths are: Abu'l Asas as-Sanani,
Abu Rafi, Abul Aliyya, Abu Umama al-Bahili, Abu'd
Darda', Abu Hurayra, Abu Malik al-Hudri, Jabir
Ibn Abdullah, Hudhayfa Ibn Adis, Safina, Abu Qatada,
Uthman Ibnul 'Aas, Nafi' Ibn Kaysani, Al Walid
Ibn Muslim, Ammar Ibn Yathir, Abdullah Ibni Abbas...
As a result of all this information,
Islamic scholars have considered faith in Prophet
Jesus' (pbuh) return to Earth and the pervasion
of the morality of the true religion as an important
essence of faith.
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1.
Suyuti 
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