Hadeeth about ‘Eesa (Jesus) being buried next to the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam

25-7-2015 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalamu Alaikum. My dear Brother. Recently, My Question is about Prophet Eesa (MPUH). I watched an Islamic lecture in Youtube, in which the speaker tells that during the second arrival of Eesa (Al) will be burried next to Prophet Muhammad (MPUH). I want to know whether this claim is correct and is there any authentic hadiths back this claim?
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 sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His Slave and Messenger.

This has been stated by several scholars, among them Al-Aajurri may Allaah have mercy upon him in his book Ash-Sharee‘ah, Al-Qurtubi in At-Tathkirah and others. A weak Hadeeth was reported in this regard. Al-Bukhari may Allaah have mercy upon him cited this report in At-Tareekh Al-Kabeer on the authority of Muhammad ibn Yoosuf ibn ‘Abdullaah ibn Salaam from his father from his grandfather that ʻEesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), will be buried with the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) in his house. Muhammad Al-Bukhari may Allaah have mercy upon him commented, “This report is inauthentic in my view and cannot be corroborated (by another report).”

At-Tirmithi may Allaah have mercy upon him cited the report in his Sunan on the authority of Muhammad ibn Yoosuf ibn ‘Abdullaah ibn Salaam as related by his father as related by his grandfather, who said: “The description of Muhammad is written in the Torah and (it is also written) that ʻEesa, son of Mary, will be buried with him.” Abu Mawdood said, “There remains in the room (of ‘Aa’ishah) the space of a grave.” Abu ʻEesa (At-Tirmithi) may Allaah have mercy upon him commented, “This Hadeeth is Hasan Ghareeb." Al-Albaani may Allaah have mercy upon him labeled it as weak.

Al-Haafith Ibn Hajar may Allaah have mercy upon him wrote, “In a Hadeeth that was not confirmed as authentic, she (i.e. ‘Aa’ishah may Allaah be pleased with her) asked the Prophet to be buried by his side if she lived after him, so he said to her: "How will you have such a thing when there is nothing in that place but my grave and the grave of Abu Bakr, ʻUmar and ʻEesa, son of Maryam."

Further, it was cited in Akhbaar Al-Madeenah with a weak chain of narration on the authority of Sa‘eed ibn Al-Musayyib may Allaah have mercy upon him that "The graves of the three are in the room of 'Aa’ishah, and there is a place for a grave in which ‘Eesa may Allaah exalt his mention will be buried."” [Fat-h Al-Baari]

Allaah Knows best.

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