The descent of Jesus son of Mary before the Hour

Sha'rawi holds that the Prophet explained that the son of Mary would come again, and relies on a hadith reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim ¹. He holds that one who accepts the miraculous birth of Jesus should not find his miraculous end unlikely ¹.

Sha'rawi recalls a hadith in which the Prophet asks his community how they will be when the son of Mary descends among them and their leader is one of them. He takes this as the Prophet's explanation of what the Qur'an says about Jesus ¹.

Sha'rawi addresses those who accept that Jesus was born without a father but stop at the end of his life. He says that accepting the first marvel prepares the way for accepting the second ¹. He does not present this as a proof for those who reject it, but as his own account of the question.

This is Sha'rawi's view, given under his name from a scanned copy whose edition is not yet verified. No academic study of the reports on this question from a named source has yet been added. See also Jesus son of Mary and al-Sha'rawi.