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)

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’