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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Death of 'Isa (peace be upon him), His Ascension, and His Descent

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Question:
The Shaykh’s issue, and he said that 'Isa (peace be upon him) died and then was raised to Ramadan, and he specified it for his people in the section on life, and after that it became clear to him the statement he narrated, and it was for his people a [unclear] regarding the statement of Allah the Exalted: when Allah said
There is no deity except Youلَّا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ
[Al-Anbya 21:87]
your Lord, and you are your Lord, and you are the Glorious, so he said there is a statement in this, saying Allah

Answer:
Yes, to say that 'Isa (peace be upon him) died a death of dying and then was raised, this is a statement about Allah without knowledge. That 'Isa did not die a death of dying, because he is still alive (peace and blessings be upon him) in the sky, and he will descend in the last of time, ruling in the religion of Islam, and then he will die after that. He will die after that in the last of time. As for the death mentioned in the statement of Allah the Exalted, "Indeed, I am taking you and raising you to Myself," this is not a death of dying, because Allah named sleep a death
And it is He who takes your souls by night and knows what you have committed by dayوَهُوَ الَّذِي يَتَوَفَّاكُم بِاللَّيْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا جَرَحْتُم بِالنَّهَارِ
[Al-An'am 6:60]
. So death can be by dying and can be by other than dying. The death of 'Isa (peace be upon him) mentioned in the Qur'an is by other than dying, by other than dying. He was raised alive (peace and blessings be upon him), rather, Allah raised him to Himself. He did not say He raised his spirit, rather He said He raised him, He raised him. And the raising includes the spirit and the body. So he is alive (peace and blessings be upon him). This is the belief of the Muslims regarding the Messiah (peace be upon him) and his ascension to the sky: that he was raised alive, and he will descend in the last of time, and he will kill the Dajjal, and he will act according to the religion of Islam, and he will be a follower of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and then he will die after that, like the rest of the children of Adam. The known death, which is the separation of the spirit from the body, this is in the last of time.
Source شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الوضوء - 2 — islamhouse.com (1:07:58)

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