The
Reign of I`sa
Abu Hurayrah 
reports that the holy prophet Muhammad
said,
"All the prophets of Allah are like sons of the same father
whose mothers are different. I am nearest unto Jesus Christ. There is no
prophet between me and him. Remember, he will certainly descend and you
should recognise him as soon as you see him, for he will be of a medium
stature, his colour will be red and white. The hair of his head will be
straight and it will appear as if water is about to flow therefrom, although
there will be no moisture in it. He will be clad in two grey sheets of
cloth. Having descended (from the heavens) he will demolish the crucifix,
slay the pig, abolish the jizya and the other religions will vanish giving
place to Islam alone. Allah will destroy false messiahs during his reign
and peace and comfort will prevail upon earth so that camels will graze
with lions, tigers with oxen and wolves with goats. Children will play
with snakes without causing the slightest injury to each. He (Jesus) will
continue under the conditions so long as Allah wills and ultimately he
will die, when Muslims will offer the funeral prayers and bury him."
Imam Muslim (d.261/839) has narrated from Nawas bin. Sam’an, who has reported
a long Hadith from the Prophet
regarding the time of Dajjal’s arrival and his affairs, then the Prophet
said,
"It would be at this very time that Allah would send Christ,
son of Maryam (Mary), and he will descend at the white minaret in the eastern
side of Damascus wearing two garments lightly dyed with saffron and placing
his hands on the wings of two Angels. When he would lower his head, there
would fall beads of perspiration from his head, and when he would raise
it up, beads like pearls would scatter from it. Every non-believer who
would smell the odour of his self would die and his breath would reach
as far as he would be able to see. He would then search for him (Dajjal)
until he would catch hold of him at the gate of Ludd and would kill him.
Then a people whom Allah had protected would come to Jesus, sonof Maryam
(Mary), and he would wipe their faces and would inform them
of their ranks in Paradise and it would be under such conditions that Allah
would reveal to Jesus these words: "I have brought forth from amongst My
servants such people against whom none would be able to fight; you take
these people safely to Tur." Then Allah would send Gog and Magog and they
would swarm down every slope. The first of them would pass the lake of
Tiberias and drink out of it. And when the last of them would pass, he
would say, "There was once water there." Jesus and his companions would
then be besieged here (at Tur), and they would be so much hard pressed
that the head of the ox would be dearer to them than one hundred dinars
and Allah’s Apostle, Jesus, and his companions would supplicate to Allah,
Who would send to them (Gog and Magog) insects (which would attack their
necks) and in the morning they would perish like one single person. Allah’s
Apostle, Jesus, and his companions would then come down to the earth and
they would not find in the earth as much space as a single span which would
not be filled with their (Gog and Magog’s) putrefaction and stench. Allah’s
Apostle, Jesus, and his companions would then again beseech Allah, Who
would send birds whose necks would be like those of bactrin camels and
they would carry them and throw them where God would will. Then Allah would
send rain which no house of clay or (the tent of) camels’ hairs would keep
out and it would wash away the earth until it could appear to be a mirror.
Then the earth would be told to bring forth its fruit and restore its blessing,
and as a result thereof, there would grow (such a big) pomegranate that
a group of people would be able to eat that, and seek shelter under its
skin and milky cow would give so much milk that the whole party would be
able to drink it. And the milky camel would give such (a large quantity
of) milk that the whole tribe would be able to drink out of that and the
milky sheep would give so much milk that the whole family would be able
to drink out of that and at that time Allah would send a pleasant wind
which would soothe (people) even under their armpits, and would take the
life of every Muslim and only the wicked would survive who would commit
adultery like asses and the Last Hour would come to them."
This Hadith is also eschatological and it refers to the situation at the
time of Jesus’ second coming prior to the Day of Judgement.
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