Thread by @Honour_Muhammad

Narrated Abu Hurayra (RadiyAllahu anhu) I heard the Prophet ﷺ say:

"By the one in Whose hand is Abu al-Qasim's soul(Muhammads soul), `Isa Ibn Maryam shall descend as a just and wise ruler.

He shall destroy the cross, slay the swine, eradicate discord and grudges, and money shall be offered to him but he will not accept it. Then he shall stand at my graveside and say: Ya Muhammad! And I will answer him."

References:

►Abu Ya`la relates it with a sound (sahih) chain in his Musnad Volume No. 11, Page No. 462, Published by Dar ul Kutb al-iLmiyyah ed 1407/1987) ;

►Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani cites it in al-matalib al-`aliya (Kuwait, 1393/1973) 4:23, chapter entitled: "The
Prophet's life in his grave" and #4574;

►Imam Noor ud din Abu bakr al haythami says in Majma` al-
zawa'id (8:5), chapter entitled: "`Isa Ibn Maryam's Descent": "Its sub-narrators are the men of
sound (sahih) hadith."

Authentication:

The narrators of this hadith are very good and trustworthy, and some have tried to cause problems with the narrator ―abu sakhr humayd bin zayd‖ but this is only because they have been confusing him with human bin sakhr, although

Imam Ibn Hajr Asqalani in Taqreeb wat tahdheeb has said that some scholars have considered the two to be one, but on more research it seems to be more convenient and correct to say that the two are different narrators. That conclusion is reached because the

Imams of Hadith like Ibn Adi and others have different verdicts somewhat on both the narrators and have also made different tarjamat of the two. Even if that is not the case, still Abu Sakhr Humayd bin Zayd is a good narrator who has been called thiqah by Ibn Ma`een and others.

Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal called
Humayd bin Zayd a good narrator in a narration from Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Hanbal in his ―ilal fi
ma`rifat al rijal‖. Furthermore, even Imam Dhahabhi in his Kashif has copied the praise of Imam
Ahmed bin Hanbal regarding Humayd bin zayd.

This hadith thus is at least hasan, and this is even said by the so called salafi ulema! Shaykh albani too in his silsila sahiha has called the chain of this hadith to be jayyid (strong and good), and has gone into details then as to how he arrived to that conclusion.

Some people as I have seen claim, and try to make ta`wil of this hadith by saying that this hadith nowhere proves that Isa` alyhi salam was calling the prophet alyhi salatu was salam or addressing him sallalahu alyhi wa sallam to seek his intercession or anything else,

rather this is only one of the
miracles of the prophet, and one of the specialities of the situation.

I say this is plain error as the users of this hadith never claim it as a proof for asking his sallalahu alyhi wa sallam intercession or dua, rather this is a proof

that calling the prophet sallalahu alyhi wa aalihi wa sahibhih wa sallam like this is not shirk or kufr!

Furthermore, this hadith proves the capabilities that Allah ﷻ has bestowed his beloved prophet ﷺ the ability of hearing us when we address him by the will of Allah ﷻ