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Combining the hadiths regarding the duration of Isa (peace be upon him) remaining on earth

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The questioner:
The questioner who asked about reconciling the stay of 'Isa (peace be upon him) for seven years or forty years brought hadiths; shall we read them?

The Shaykh:
I say forty, I do not know, hmm.

The questioner:
He went through the hadiths.

The Shaykh:
A year, a day, what

The questioner:
We read his question, O our Shaykh. He says: How do we reconcile what was mentioned regarding Isa (peace be upon him) remaining for seven years with the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he will remain for forty years? The hadith was narrated by al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak, and al-Dhahabi mentioned it in al-Talkhis. And al-Dhahabi mentioned it in al-Talkhis, then he mentioned the hadith. What did he say about it? He said, and al-Dhahabi said in al-Talkhis, from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Indeed, the Spirit of Allah, 'Isa ibn Maryam, will descend among you. When you see him, recognize him: a man of medium height, with a reddish-white complexion, wearing two garments dyed with saffron, as if his head is dripping, though he has not been wetted. He will break the cross, kill the pig, and abolish the jizyahإن روح الله عيسى ابن مريم نازل فيكم، فإذا رأيتموه فاعرفوه رجل مربوع إلى الحمرة والبياض، عليه ثوبان ممصران كأن رأسه يقطر وإن لم يصبه بلل، فيدق الصليب ويقتل الخنزير ويضع الجزية
Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 26:175
and he will call people to Islam, and Allah will destroy the Dajjal in his time, and security will descend upon the people of the earth until the wolves graze with the camels, the leopards with the cows, and the wolves with the sheep, and the children will play withويدعو الناس إلى الإسلام فيهلك الله في زمانه المسيح الدجال، وتقع الأمنة على أهل الأرض حتى ترعى الأسود مع الإبل، والنمور مع البقر، والذئاب مع الغنم، ويلعب الصبيان مع
Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 26:175
the snakes will not harm them, and he will remain
forty years, then he will die and the Muslims will pray over himأربعين سنة، ثم يتوفى ويصلي عليه المسلمون
Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 26:175
. He said, and in a hadith, Isa (peace be upon him) will descend and kill him, then Isa (peace be upon him) will remain
on the earth for forty yearsفي الأرض أربعين سنة
Sunan Abi Dawud 4324Sahih (Al-Albani)
a just leader and a fair judge. It was narrated by Ibn Hibban and Ahmad, and al-Albani graded it as authentic.

The Shaykh:
Who graded it as authentic.

The questioner:
He says it was narrated by Ibn Hibban and Ahmad, and al-Albani graded it as authentic.

The Shaykh:
Meaning, al-Albani did not grade it as authentic, only the one before it did he not grade as authentic.

The questioner:
The one before him said: It was narrated by al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak, and he said.

The Shaykh:
Yes, the well-known view is that he stays less than forty years,

The questioner:
May Allah reward you.

The Shaykh:
The authentic ones; we return to the authentic hadiths, yes.
Source شرح نواقض الإسلام، نواقض الإسلام 19-08-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (45:11)

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