পৃষ্ঠা 243: তৃতীয় অধ্যায়: কিয়ামতের মহা আলামতসমূহ (মাহদী, দাজ্জাল, ঈসা (আ.), ইয়াজুজ-মাজুজ, পশ্চিমাকাশে সূর্যোদয়)

The Third Station: Concerning the mention of his duration, peace be upon him, and his demise.

The third station: on his duration and his demise.

As for his duration: it has been narrated in a hadith recorded by al-Tabarani and Ibn Asakir, from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Isa ibn Maryam will descend and remain among the people for forty years."

And in a wording recorded by al-Tabarani: "The Dajjal will emerge, whereupon Isa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him) will descend and kill him; then he will remain on earth for forty years as a just leader and an equitable judge."

And recorded by Ibn Abi Shaybah, Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Ibn Jarir, and Ibn Hibban, from him: "He will remain for forty years, then he will pass away, and the Muslims will pray over him and bury him next to our Prophet (ﷺ)."

And Ibn Abi Shaybah, as well as al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak, narrated from Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): "Isa will descend and kill him (meaning the Dajjal, may Allah curse him). They will then enjoy life for forty years wherein no one will die; a man will say to his sheep and his beasts, 'Go out and graze,' and cattle will pass through crops without consuming a single ear of grain; serpents and scorpions will harm no one; predatory beasts at the doors of houses will harm no one; and a man will take a mudd of wheat and sow it without tilling, yielding seven hundred mudds from it. They will remain in this state until the barrier of Gog and Magog (Ya'juj and Ma'juj) is breached..." to the end of the hadith.

And Ahmad, Abu Ya'la, and Ibn Asakir narrated from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Isa ibn Maryam will descend and kill the Dajjal, then Isa will remain on earth for forty years as a just leader and an equitable judge."

And Ahmad narrated in al-Zuhd from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "Isa ibn Maryam will remain on earth for forty years; if he were to say to the pebble-strewn valley, 'Flow with honey,' it would surely flow."

In one narration: "(forty-five years)"; and the lesser number does not contradict the greater, as perhaps the narrations mentioning forty were reported omitting the fraction. In another narration: "(seven years)", and some scholars reconciled this by explaining that he had...