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Hadeeth about ‘Eesa (Jesus) being buried next to the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam

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Assalamu Alaikum. My dear Brother. Recently, My Question is about Prophet Eesa (MPUH). I watched an Islamic lecture in Youtube, in which the speaker tells that during the second arrival of Eesa (Al) will be burried next to Prophet Muhammad (MPUH). I want to know whether this claim is correct and is there any authentic hadiths back this claim?

Answer

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His Slave and Messenger.

This has been stated by several scholars, among them Al-Aajurri  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him in his book Ash-Sharee‘ah, Al-Qurtubi in At-Tathkirah and others. A weak Hadeeth was reported in this regard. Al-Bukhari  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him cited this report in At-Tareekh Al-Kabeer on the authority of Muhammad ibn Yoosuf ibn ‘Abdullaah ibn Salaam from his father from his grandfather that ʻEesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), will be buried with the Prophet  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) in his house. Muhammad Al-Bukhari  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him commented, “This report is inauthentic in my view and cannot be corroborated (by another report).

At-Tirmithi  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him cited the report in his Sunan on the authority of Muhammad ibn Yoosuf ibn ‘Abdullaah ibn Salaam as related by his father as related by his grandfather, who said: “The description of Muhammad is written in the Torah and (it is also written) that ʻEesa, son of Mary, will be buried with him.Abu Mawdood said, “There remains in the room (of ‘Aa’ishah) the space of a grave.Abu ʻEesa (At-Tirmithi)  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him commented, “This Hadeeth is Hasan Ghareeb." Al-Albaani  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him labeled it as weak.

Al-Haafith Ibn Hajar  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him wrote, “In a Hadeeth that was not confirmed as authentic, she (i.e. ‘Aa’ishah  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  her) asked the Prophet to be buried by his side if she lived after him, so he said to her: "How will you have such a thing when there is nothing in that place but my grave and the grave of Abu Bakr, ʻUmar and ʻEesa, son of Maryam."

Further, it was cited in Akhbaar Al-Madeenah with a weak chain of narration on the authority of Sa‘eed ibn Al-Musayyib  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him that "The graves of the three are in the room of 'Aa’ishah, and there is a place for a grave in which ‘Eesa  may  Allaah  exalt  his  mention will be buried."” [Fat-h Al-Baari]

Allaah Knows best.

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