The Reality of Khilafah — Page 95
Chapter Two—About the Mahdi 95 expert] ‘Abdur-Ra‘ u f al-Munāwī, may Allah have mercy on him. He mentions this hadith in the aforementioned book and says: ‘The mention of ‘ I s a and his mother in this hadith refers to both of them as well as to all those who share their attributes. ’ Consider how he defined the general nature of these two names. Why then do you not accept the words of the scholars? You are aware that Imam M a lik, Ibn Qayyim, Ibn Taymiyyah, Imam Bukh a r i and many other Muslim Imams and eminent scholars have acknowledged the death of Jesus while at the same time believing in his descent in the Latter Days, as fore- told by the Holy Prophet s as They denied neither of these state- ments nor objected to them. They left the details of these matters to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and did not argue about them. However, they were followed by unworthy descendants who were ignorant and devious and empty. They argued without knowl- edge, created discord, were not inclined towards reconciliation, and would declare believers to be apostates. The conclusion of this matter rests with Allah, who in His eternal knowledge, was well aware that in the Latter Days of the world, the Christians would become the enemies of the True Faith and hinder people from the path of God, and spread a manifest lie. At the same time, He knew that the Muslims would abandon the treasures of the teachings of the Holy Quran, follow the ideologies of innovation which have no basis in the Quran, and reject that which supports the religion and embellishes the raiment of the believers. They would fall prey to the charm of innovations in religion and become entangled in all types of car- nal desires and sinfulness. No truth, religion, or faith would be left in them. It had been decreed by Allah’s grace and mercy that