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THE RETURN OF JESUS

The Rise of the Mahdi, and Advent of the False Messiah

The circumstances of the second coming will in- volve two other people from the end times, the Mahdi¹⁶ and the Maseeh ad-Dajjal, Arabic for the False Messi- ah, and the trials and tribulations associated with them.

 The primary task of Jesus on his return will be to save the world from the False Messiah and unite it once more under the Rule of God.

The advent of the False Messiah, however, will be preceded by a man who unites all Muslims under his leadership.

Of this man, the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, said that before the world ends, a person from his family with his name (Muhammad bin Abdullah) will rule the Arabs, filling the earth with equity and justice where before there had been oppression and injustice, for 7 years.¹⁷ He further said that he will be supported by the Muslim nation, of whom it was said:

“A group of my people will not cease fighting for the Truth and will prevail till the Day of Resurrection. And Jesus son of Mary will descend and their (the Muslims’) leader will say, ‘Come and lead us in Pray- er.’” (Saheeh Muslim)

Thus, before the coming of Jesus, the Muslim nation will defend the religion under a man directly descended from the prophet, who will invite Jesus to lead the prayer interrupted by his coming.

How long he will have been leading the Muslim Nation will be less than 7 years, but how much less is not known exactly. What is known is that he will be a reluctant commander whom people will flock to, only after an army attacking Mecca is swallowed up by the earth.

The Prophet said:

“Disagreement will occur at the death of a caliph and a man of the people of Medina will flee to Mecca. Some of the people of Mecca will come to him, bring him out against his will and swear allegiance to him between the Corner¹⁸ and the Maqam.¹⁹ An expeditionary force will then be sent against him from Syria, but it will be swallowed up in the desert between Mecca and Medina.

When the people witness this, the most pious men of Syria and the best people of Iraq will come to him and swear allegiance to him between the Corner and the Maqam.” (Abu Dawood)

“There will also be several campaigns, the first against internal elements²⁰, and then against external elements. An army consisting of the best Muslim sol- diers in the world will come from Medina to counteract the western invasion of Ash-Sham²¹.”

“When they arrange themselves in ranks, the Ro- mans will say: ‘Do not stand between us and those who took prisoners from amongst us.

 Let us fight with them.’ The Muslims will say: ‘No, by God, we will never stand aside for you or our brethren so that you can fight them.’” (Saheeh Muslim)

• The ‘Expedition of Kalb’, mentioned by Umm Salamah in Sunan Abu Dawood.
• Ash-Sham is the geographical area including Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and parts of Iraq.

The fight would last three days with great slaughter

on all sides until, on the fourth day, the remnants of the Muslim Army will defeat the Western forces and go on to conquer Istanbul. While the soldiers are looting the city a false rumor that the False Messiah had arrived will reach them, so they will make for Syria again.

 By the time they reach Damascus, where the Mahdi will prepare them for war against the False Messiah’s coming, the False Messiah will truly appear.

His stay on earth will be 40 days. However, these 40 days will have something special about them.

The first day and night will last a full year, the second a full month, and the third a full week, and the remaining 37 days would be normal.²² It is in these final 37 days that Jesus will probably come, since he will kill the False

Messiah shortly after his arrival.