Do the Jews gather there in Palestine? Is it good news for the Muslims regarding the realization of the meeting?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, do the Jews gather there in Palestine? Is it good news for the Muslims regarding the realization of the meeting that...
The Shaykh : No, it is not that the Jews gather. This is the good news that many people imagine today. I believe that the Jews must have a day, near or far, whose knowledge is with my Lord, when they will leave Palestine. The reason for this is that there are many authentic hadiths that when al-Mahdi emerges and leads the people in prayer in Damascus in a mosque there, 'Isa (peace be upon him) will descend, as it came in Sahih Muslim at the white minaret east of Damascus. And when the prayer has been established for al-Mahdi, when al-Mahdi sees him, he sees 'Isa (peace be upon them both) and presents him to lead the people in prayer as imam, but 'Isa (peace be upon him) refuses. And the point, and from the hadiths, is that when al-Dajjal emerges, 'Isa (peace be upon him) will come and be in Jerusalem.
The questioner : He kills him.
The Shaykh : Yes, when al-Dajjal comes, 'Isa will be in Bayt al-Maqdis, and seventy thousand from the Jews of Isfahan will come out with al-Dajjal, wearing the tiyalis, as it came in the authentic hadiths.
And there 'Isa (peace be upon him) will come out with a spear in his hand, and he will throw it at al-Dajjal and kill him, and he will dissolve as salt dissolves in water. And here appears the miracle of which there is good news, that the stone and the tree will speak and say, "O Muslim, this is a Jew behind me, so kill him."
So the Jews on that day will not be in Palestine; they will come from Isfahan with al-Dajjal. So the occupation of Palestine by the Jews now is like the occupation of Palestine by the Crusaders in the past—may Allah have mercy on you. As for when their exit will be, its knowledge is with my Lord. But the summary of the hadiths is that it is not permissible for us to link the presence of the Jews in Palestine now with the descent of 'Isa or the emergence of al-Mahdi (peace be upon them both). Rather, that will be afterwards, and the Jews will be outside Palestine, and 'Isa (peace be upon him) will be in Bayt al-Maqdis. This is what can be said.
The Shaykh : No, it is not that the Jews gather. This is the good news that many people imagine today. I believe that the Jews must have a day, near or far, whose knowledge is with my Lord, when they will leave Palestine. The reason for this is that there are many authentic hadiths that when al-Mahdi emerges and leads the people in prayer in Damascus in a mosque there, 'Isa (peace be upon him) will descend, as it came in Sahih Muslim at the white minaret east of Damascus. And when the prayer has been established for al-Mahdi, when al-Mahdi sees him, he sees 'Isa (peace be upon them both) and presents him to lead the people in prayer as imam, but 'Isa (peace be upon him) refuses.
And he says, "Advance and lead the people in prayer, an honor from Allah for this Ummah."
ويقول تقدم وصل بالناس تكرمة الله لهذه الأمةThe questioner : He kills him.
The Shaykh : Yes, when al-Dajjal comes, 'Isa will be in Bayt al-Maqdis, and seventy thousand from the Jews of Isfahan will come out with al-Dajjal, wearing the tiyalis, as it came in the authentic hadiths.
And there 'Isa (peace be upon him) will come out with a spear in his hand, and he will throw it at al-Dajjal and kill him, and he will dissolve as salt dissolves in water. And here appears the miracle of which there is good news, that the stone and the tree will speak and say, "O Muslim, this is a Jew behind me, so kill him."
So the Jews on that day will not be in Palestine; they will come from Isfahan with al-Dajjal. So the occupation of Palestine by the Jews now is like the occupation of Palestine by the Crusaders in the past—may Allah have mercy on you. As for when their exit will be, its knowledge is with my Lord. But the summary of the hadiths is that it is not permissible for us to link the presence of the Jews in Palestine now with the descent of 'Isa or the emergence of al-Mahdi (peace be upon them both). Rather, that will be afterwards, and the Jews will be outside Palestine, and 'Isa (peace be upon him) will be in Bayt al-Maqdis. This is what can be said.