Editing Jesus in Islam (section)

== Apocalyptic literature ==
{{See also|Second Coming#Islam|Islamic eschatology|Hadith of Jesus praying behind Mahdi}}
{{Eschatology|Islamic}}

According to Islamic apocalyptics, having ascended to heaven and dwelled there for 2000+ years, Jesus will descend to earth shortly before Judgement Day, in the midst of wars fought against [[al-Masih ad-Dajjal]] ('The False Messiah") and his followers, to come to the aid of the [[Mahdi]] and his Muslim followers.{{sfn|Sonn|2004|p=209}} Dressed in saffron robes with his head anointed, Jesus will descend at the point of a white minaret, in eastern [[Damascus]], which is believed to be the Minaret of Isa in the [[Umayyad Mosque]].{{sfn|Mannheim|2001|p=91}} He will then greet the Mahdi and (being a Muslim) pray beside him. Eventually, Jesus will slay the [[Dajjal]] at [[Lod]].{{sfn|Cook|2002|p=93–104}}

Afterwards, he will "break the cross, kill the pigs, and abolish the Jizya tax", according to a well-known [[Sahih al-Bukhari]] hadith.<ref name="Al-Bukhari-2476">{{cite web |last1=Al-Bukhari |title=Sahih al-Bukhari » Oppressions – كتاب المظالم » Hadith 2476. 46 Oppressions (31) Chapter: The breaking of the cross and the killing of the pigs |url=https://sunnah.com/bukhari:2476 |website=sunnah.com |access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="WARREN LARSON p. 335">WARREN LARSON ''Jesus in Islam and Christianity: Discussing the Similarities and the Differences'' p. 335</ref> "The usual interpretation" of this prophecy is that, being a Muslim, Jesus will put a stop to Christian worship of himself and in belief in his divinity, "symbolized by the cross". He will re-establish the [[Kosher]]/[[Islamic dietary laws|Halal]] dietary laws abandoned by Christianity;<ref name="Akyol-nyt-3-10-16">{{cite news |last1=Akyol |first1=Mustafa |title=The Problem With the Islamic Apocalypse |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/opinion/the-problem-with-the-islamic-apocalypse.html |access-date=29 January 2022 |agency=New York Times |date=3 October 2016}}</ref> and because Jews and Christians will now all reject their former faith and accept Islam, there will be no more need for the {{transliteration|ar|[[jizya]]}} tax on unbelievers.{{sfn|Evans|Johnston|2015}} (According to one hadith, Jesus will "destroy the churches and temples and kill the Christians unless they believe in him.")<ref>'Umdah, 430; cited in {{harvnb|Qaim|2007|loc=His Second Coming}}: "...Then he will kill the swine, break the crosses, destroy the churches and temples and kill the Christians unless they believe in him."</ref>{{#tag:ref|see also: "Others, however, understand the second coming of 'Isa ... [is] to kill the Dajjal, to break the cross and decimate all Christians and their places of worship, and to inaugurate the aforementioned period of peace before the actual coming of the Hour".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith|first1= Jane I. |first2= Yvonne Y. |last2=Haddad |date=1981 |title=The Islamic Understanding of Death and Resurrection'' |page=69 |location=Albany, N Y |publisher=SUNY Press |url=https://vdoc.pub/download/the-islamic-understanding-of-death-and-resurrection-1fa354cla15g |ref=JISYYHIU1981}}</ref>|group=note}}

Islamic texts also allude to the reappearance of the ancient menace [[Gog and Magog#Islamic texts|Gog and Magog]] ({{transliteration|ar|Yaʾjūj Maʾjūj}}), which will break out of its underground confinement and cause havoc around the world.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sonn|first=Tamara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nPNmCgAAQBAJ|title=Islam: History, Religion, and Politics|date=2015|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-97230-4|page=209}}</ref> God, in response to Jesus' prayers, will kill them by sending a type of worm in the napes of their necks, and send large birds to carry and clear their corpses from the land.{{sfn|Sonn|2004|p=209}} After the death of the Mahdi, Jesus will assume world leadership and peace and justice will be universal.

Also according to tradition, Jesus will then marry, have children, and rule the world for forty years (traditions give many different time periods) after which he will die.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jesus, A Prophet of Allah – Association of Islamic Charitable Projects in USA|url=https://www.aicp.org/index.php/islamic-information/text/english/52-isa-jesus-a-prophet-of-allah|access-date=28 July 2021|website=www.aicp.org}}</ref> Some Muslims believe that the Muslims will then perform the [[Salat al-Janazah|funeral prayer]] for him and then bury him at the [[Green Dome]] in the city of [[Medina]] in a grave left vacant [[Green Dome#Tomb of Muhammad and early caliphs|beside Muhammad]], [[Abu Bakr]], and [[Umar]] respectively.<ref name="EoI-Isa">{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Īsā|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopaedia of Islam]]|publisher=Brill Online |url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/isa-COM_0378|access-date=6 June 2016|last=Anawati|first=G.C.|year=2012|editor=P. J. Bearman |editor2=Th. Bianquis |editor3=[[C. E. Bosworth]] |editor4=E. van Donzel |editor5=[[W. P. Heinrichs]]|edition=2nd|isbn=9789004161214}}</ref> According to [[Ibn Khaldun]]'s legend, the two caliphs will rise from the dead between the two prophets.{{sfn|Peters|1990|p=352}}

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File:End times.svg|Timeline of the arrival of Jesus before Judgement Day
File:Umayyad Mosque Jesus Minaret.jpg|[[Umayyad Mosque#Minaret of Isa|Minaret of Isa]] in the [[Umayyad Mosque]], [[Damascus]], [[Syria]]
</gallery>

=== Sources ===
While the Quran does not describe any of the above narrative of Jesus' return,<ref>Roberto Tottoli ''Biblical Prophets in the Qur'an and Muslim Literature'' Routledge, 11 January 2013  {{ISBN|978-1-136-12314-6}} p. 121</ref> many Muslims believe that two Quranic verses refer to his second coming during the end times.<ref name="WARREN LARSON p. 335"/> (1) The verse mentioned above stating he is never died on earth:  
*"And [for] their saying, 'Indeed, we have killed Christ, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of God.' And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain." (Q.4:157:) 
A second verse interpreted to indicate a connection between Jesus and "the Hour" (end times): 
*"And lo! verily there is knowledge of the Hour. So doubt ye not concerning it, but follow Me. This is the right path." (Q.43:61 trans Pickthall).<ref name="WARREN LARSON p. 335"/>

Hadiths on Jesus's return are traced back to [[Abu Hurairah]], one of the {{transliteration|ar|[[sahaba]]}}, but might actually have been introduced later during civil wars in the early [[Abbasid Caliphate]], when a savior was expected. While for Shias, the Mahdi will be the savior, some Sunnis tended to expect Jesus' return. During the early [[Abbasid Caliphate]], wearing crucifixes in processions and holding pigs in public, was forbidden. Otherwise, the breaking of the cross, might reflect general disapproval of this symbol by Muslims, and slaying pigs a reference to Jesus exorcism of [[Legion (demons)|Legion]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Neal Robinson ''Christ in Islam and Christianity'' SUNY Press 1 January 1991 {{ISBN|9780791405581}} p. 104</ref>