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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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'Isa (peace be upon him) and the Ummah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)

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Question:
And he is among the people of the matter, and when this Ummah turns to the matter, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) knows it better than 'Isa (peace be upon him), because he is in the two garments, and the Ummah is that of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).

Answer:
'Isa (peace be upon him) is a prophet and a messenger, but in the end times he will rule by the Shari'ah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
And when the Ummah is mentioned in the context of moral character, it refers to the followers of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) who opposed the Messenger, and it is attributed to them, and they believed in him. The best of the best of the Ummah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, then 'Umar, then 'Uthman, then 'Ali, the Caliphs of the earth, then the rest of the ten promised Paradise, then the people of Badr, the people of the Pledge of Aqabah, then the rest of the Companions.
As for 'Isa (peace be upon him), his following is a special kind of following; he is among the followers of the Messenger in that he will rule by the Shari'ah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the end times. It is not said that the Ummah is from the Ummah of Muhammad, 'Isa; 'Isa is a Prophet, that is his status. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 19 من 36 /شرح العقيدة الواسطية (شرح قديم)/وجوه يومئذ ناضرة/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:07:58)

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