Mary and Jesus in Islam

Was Jesus Crucified?

Sa`eed ibn Jubayr is quoted as having cited Ibn `Abbas as saying that when Allah wanted to raise Jesus to heaven, Jesus went out to meet his followers at a house where all his twelve disciples assembled. He went out to them from a well in the house and his hair was dripping with water. He said, “Among you are those who will disbelieve in me twelve times even after having believed in me.”

Then he added, “Which one of you agrees to look like me and be killed in my place and enjoy the status reserved for me with my Lord?” Their youngest stood up, but Jesus told him to sit down. He repeated the question to them, and the same young man stood up again, whereupon Jesus said, “Then you shall be the one.” He immediately was made to look just like Jesus, then Jesus was raised to heaven. The Jews[^1] came and took the disciple who looked just like Jesus, killed him, then crucified him; thus, some of them disbelieved in him twelve times after having believed in him, and they were divided into three sects: One of the sects said that God was among them, then He ascended to heaven.

[^1] According to the distorted story of Jesus, soldiers of the Roman empire (which then ruled Palestine) crucified Jesus. Muslims believe that: 1) the Jews, not the Romans, crucified a man thinking that he was Jesus, that the plot against him was not politically but religiously motivated; 2) the real Jesus was not crucified but was raised to heaven and is still alive. He will come back near the end of the life on this planet to fight those who distorted his message. There are millions of Christians who believe in this second coming of Jesus, but they, as usual, differ among themselves as to how it will be. Some claim that Jesus will not come back in person but there will be a revival of his faith...

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These are the Jacobites[^1]. The other sect said that “the son of God” stayed with them as long as God willed, then God raised him up to Him, and they are called the Nestorians[^2]. The third sect said that “the servant of Allah[^3] and His messenger” remained among them for as long as Allah willed, then Allah raised him up to Him, and these are the Muslims. Both previous sects collaborated against the Muslim one, wiping the latter out. Islam, hence, remained hidden, obscure, forgotten, till Allah sent Prophet Muhammed to revive it.

Allah Almighty has said,

“Such is Jesus son of Mary; (this is) the saying of truth about which they dispute[^4]. It does not befit Allah to take to Himself a`

[^1] Named after Jacob Baradaeus, this sect of Christianity spread in the 6th. century throughout Syria, Iraq, and India. Its views sharply contradict those held by Roman Catholics and by the Orthodox. Its head is the patriarch of Antioch (at Syrian Homs), and it uses Syriac as its sacred language. Christ spoke (Northwest Semitic) Aramaic. Syriac is an Aramaic language, a dialect of the Semitic subfamily of Afro-Asiatic languages. Some Syrian Christians still speak Aramaic even today. The first and authentic Bible was written in Jesus' mother tongue, Aramaic, but it was lost... Greater Syria, by the way, used to be called the land of Aram, hence Aramaic means “the language spoken in Aram.” It is named after Aram, a descendant of Nahor, grandfather of Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim), peace be upon him. Its capital Damascus is one of the most ancient cities in the world. It dates back to 3000 B.C., hence it is now about five thousand years old.

[^2] They are named after Nestorius, 5th century patriarch of Constantinople. Followers of this Church reject the labeling of Virgin Mary, mother of Christ, as “the Mother of God,” saying that she bore Jesus as a man. It flourished in Syria and ancient Persia, and one of its adherents, Nestor (which could either be his first name or a reference to his being Nestorian), met young Prophet Muhammed when he was in the company of his uncle Abu Talib who was then on a business trip. Salman al-Farisi, one of Prophet Muhammed's early disciples and traditionists, had converted from Zoroastrianism to Nestorianism then to Islam.

[^3] Notice that I did not use the word “Allah” for the previous sects. This is due to the fact that those sects did not have the correct concept of the Almighty. The word “Allah” here refers to the complete and perfect concept of God. [^4] Christians have been disputing with one another about Jesus Christ and will continue doing so till the end of time. Some of them went as far in their

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son; Glory to Him; when He decrees a matter, He only says to it: `Be!' and it is. And surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord; therefore; worship Him; this is the right path. But parties from among them disagreed with one another, so woe unto those who disbelieve because of their presence on a great Day” (Qur'an, 19:34-37).

Abu Salih, Shu`ayb ibn Muhammed al-Bayhaqi, through his chain of narrators, has informed us that the Messenger of Allah had said, “Prophets are brothers of one another: their mothers may be different, but their creed is one (and the same). I am the most worthy of Jesus son of Mary, peace be upon them, because there is no prophet separating me from him (chronologically). The son of Mary is about to be sent to you as a just judge, and he shall come to my nation and be my khalifa over them; so, if you see him, you will find him square of face, his complexion is reddish white, his hair is straight as though it drips although it is not wet.

He shall come down between two scepters to smash the cross, kill the pig, enforce the jizya (protection tax), receive the funds (religious taxes) and make the pilgrimage or the `umra or both, and he will fight people in the defense of Islam, so much so that all creeds will be vanquished except Islam, and everyone will prostrate to Allah, the Lord of the World, and Allah will annihilate during his time the lying anti-Christ. Security shall prevail over the earth to the extent that lambs will graze side by side with lions, tigers with cattle, and wolves with sheep. Children will play with snakes, and neither will harm the other. After that, he shall remain on earth for forty years. He shall marry and have children, then he shall die and the Muslims shall perform the funeral prayers for him and bury him in Medina.”

Al-Husain ibn Ah,.med ibn Muh,.ammed ibn `Ali, through his chain of narrators, quotes Ibn `Abbas citing the Messenger of Allah saying, “How shall Allah annihilate a nation in whose vanguard is myself, and among whose last generation is Jesus, while al-Mehdi is in its midst?” apostasy as charging him of being homosexual..., Astaghfirullah (I seek refuge with Allah). Some Christian “churches” in the United States and other Western countries have been solemnizing “marriages” wherein men marry men or women marry women... What will they do next?!