The Death of Jesus
A Compilation of the Evidence of Islamic Sources and Authorities and Muslim Scholars and Writers
by Maulana Hafiz Sher Muhammad (English translation by Dr. Zahid Aziz)
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This book contains evidence from the Holy Quran, Hadith and other Islamic sources proving that Jesus was not raised by Allah in bodily form but lived a long life after the events of the crucifixion.
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Publisher: Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-e-Islam Lahore Inc. (USA), P.O. Box 3370, Dublin, Ohio 43016, U.S.A.
Year of Publication: 1st edition in Urdu (‘Wafat-i Masih’): 1980; 1st edition in English (This edition): 2003
Year of Publication: 1st edition in Urdu (‘Wafat-i Masih’): 1980; 1st edition in English (This edition): 2003
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Table of Contents:
- About the Author
- About the Book
- Translator’s Preface
- Introduction:
- The Harm and Defects of believing Jesus to be Alive
- Chapter 1: Evidence of the Holy Quran:
- First Evidence: All Human Beings Live and Die in this World
- Second Evidence: Physical Life Depends on Food and Drink
- Third Evidence: Human Body suffers Ravages of Time
- Fourth Evidence: Death of all Prophets
- Meaning of Khalā
- Fifth Evidence: All “Gods” are Dead
- Sixth Evidence: Jesus’ Second Coming contradicts Finality of Prophethood
- Seventh Evidence: Holy Quran Specifically mentions Jesus’ Death
- Eight Evidence: Christians went astray after Jesus’ Death
- Meaning of Tawaffa
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Evidence of the Hadith:
- First Hadith: Meaning of Tawaffa
- Second Hadith: Seeing Jesus in Company of the Dead
- Third Hadith: Jesus’ “descent” on Night of Miraj
- Fourth Hadith: All Prophets had to Die
- Fifth Hadith: Death within a Century
- Sixth Hadith: Jesus’ Age given as 120
- Seventh Hadith: Jesus Dead like Moses
- Eighth Hadith: Tomb of Jesus
- Ninth Hadith: Holy Prophet’s Discussion with a Christian Delegation
- Tenth Hadith: Two Different Descriptions of Jesus
- Conclusions
- Chapter 3: Evidence of the Ijma of the Muslim Ummah:
- Umar’s Saying
- Abu Bakr’s Arrival and Speech
- The Companions’ Reaction
- Companions Agreed on Death of all Prophets
- Chapter 4: Views of the Companions:
- The Khalifas
- Members of the Holy Prophet’s Household
- Other Companions of the Holy Prophet
- Chapter 5: Scholars of the Classical Times:
- Imam Malik
- Imam Ibn Hazm, Amawi Zahiri Qurtabi
- Abul Hasan Ali Hajwairi (Data Ganj Bakhsh)
- Shaikh al-Akbar Muhayy-ud-Din Ibn Arabi
- Imam Ibn Taimiyya
- Shaikh al-Islam Hafiz Ibn Qayyim
- Allama Jubai
- Abu Hayyan
- Allama Shaukani
- Chapter 6: Modern Arab and Iranian Ulama:
- I. Scholars of Arabia:
- Allama Abdul Rahman Sadi [Saadi]
- Muhammad Asad
- II. Egyptian Scholars:
- Muhammad Abduh
- Allama Rashid Raza
- Mahmud Shaltut
- Al-Ustaz Mustafa al-Maraghi
- Allama Muhammad Farid Wajadi
- Ahmad Al-Ajuz
- Al-Ustaz Abdul Karim al-Sharif
- Al-Ustaz Abdul Wahab al-Najjar
- Dr Ahmad Zaki Abu Shadi
- Al-Ustaz Abbas Mahmud al-Aqad
- Allama Ibn Rashid al-Baghdadi
- III. Iranian Scholars:
- Zain al-Abidin
- Mirza Abul Hasan Qa-ani Sherazi
- Chapter 7: Ulama of India and Pakistan:
- Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
- Nawab Azam Yar Jung
- Tafsir Muhammadi
- Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi and Shah Rafi-ud-Din
- Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- Allama Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal
- Maulana Sayyid Sulaiman Nadawi
- Khwaja Hasan Nizami of Delhi
- Allama Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi
- Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
- Allama Niyaz Fatehpuri
- Maulana Muhammad Usman Farqleet
- Muhammad Hasan ibn Muhammad Abbas
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
- Maulana Amin Ahsan Islahi
- Sayyid Abul Ala Maudoodi
- Ghulam Ahmad Pervaiz
- Maulana Sayyid Abdul Da’im Jalali
- Abu Zafar Nazish Rizvi
- Colonel Khwaja Abdur Rashid
- Maulvi Muhammad Ali of Jalandhar
- Professor Ilyas Barnee
- Khwaja Ibadullah Akhtar, B.A., of Amritsar
- The Editor of the Monthly ‘Balagh al-Quran’, Lahore
- Chapter 8: Conclusion:
- How did Belief in Jesus being Alive arise among Muslims?
- Hafiz Ibn Qayyim’s View
- Ubaidullah Sindhi
- Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
- Muhammad Asad
- Sir Muhammad Iqbal
- Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
- Maulana Sayyid Sulaiman Nadawi
- The Editor of ‘Tanzim Ahl-i Hadith’
- Ghulam Ahmad Pervaiz
- Appendix:
- Adil Salahi in Saudi Newspaper ‘Arab News’
- Zakariya Idrees Oseni in Rabita’s Journal
- Imam A. Khatib on Website
- Ahmad Von Denffer in his Book ‘Islam for Children’
- Rahmatullah Tariq in his Book ‘Burhan-ul-Quran’
- I. Scholars of Arabia:


