He is the only one who could have such
ascription. The Yamani is the Mahdi's
son, the first of the 12 Mahdi's, the
appointed one to whom allegiance will
be pledged, the first believer, the first of
the 313, the awaited messenger from
Elijah to the Jews, Jesus to the
Christians, and Imam Mahdi to the
Muslims. And he is the one who will
lead the battles against As-Sufyani and
then hand the standard to Imam AlMahdi (A.S).
{And their saying, ‘We did kill
the Messiah, Jesus (Isa), son of
Mary, the Messenger of Allah;’
whereas they slew him not, nor
crucified him, but he appeared
to them so (like Isa); and those
who differ therein are certainly
in a state of doubt about it;
they have no definite knowledge
thereof, but only follow a
conjecture; and they killed him
not for sure.}[7]
As for Imam Al-Mahdi (A.S), Isa the spirit
of Allah (A.S), Elijah (A.S) and Al-Khidr
(A.S), they will come out and reveal
themselves before the people after
Imam Al-Madhi (A.S) is handed the
standard, from The Yamani (as), the lookalike of Jesus. In other terms, they will
appear after war is waged against AsSufyani and the State of Justice is
empowered over a wide part of the
Earth, as from which the remaining parts
of the Earth would be liberated, the
people belonging to other religions
would be faced with arguments against
their prophets and finally, Ad-Dajjal (or
the Antichrist) would be fought.
Answer: In the Name of Allah, Most
Gracious, Most Merciful
Now, let us look over a response given
by Sayyid Ahmad al-Hassan, mentioned
in Kitab al-Mutashabihaat, volume four,
pages 143-150, to a question about the
look-alike of Isa (as). Sayyid Ahmad's
response will be highlighted for clarity,
InshaAllah.
Question: What is the story of Isa (A.S)?
And how was he made appear to them, as
mentioned in the Almighty’s saying:
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. May
His prayers be upon Prophet Muhammad
(PBUH), his family, the Imams and Mahdis.
On the night of his ascension into Heaven,
Isa set a meeting with his disciples.They all
came to him, except for Judas who led the
Jewish scholars to him (A.S). Indeed, he
went to the highest Jewish religious
authority and traded him for delivering
Jesus (A.S) to them.
It was past midnight and the disciples had
fallen asleep. Only Isa (A.S) stayed awake,
so Allah lifted him unto Him and put his
look-alike in his place (his look-alike who
was crucified and killed) and so he was his
shield and scapegoat. In fact, the look-alike
of Isa (A.S) is one of the guardians from the
People of the House of Muhammad
(PBUH) who was crucified and killed, and
endured torture for the cause of Imam AlMahdi (A.S).
**So right here it is important to note,
that on the night Jesus (as) was
supplicating to God Almighty, as found in
the Old and New Testaments, God lifted
Jesus unto Him Almighty, and sent down
a look-alike in his place from the family
of Muhammad, which we have learned
earlier in the presentation is from the
progeny of Ali (as) the Yamani. Sayyid
Ahmad al-Hassan goes on...
Jesus (A.S) however, was neither crucified
nor killed, but was lifted to Heaven.Thus,
Allah saved him from the Jews and their
scholars who have gone astray and caused
the demise of others (may Allah curse
them).The Almighty said: “and their saying,
‘We did kill the Messiah Isa, son of Mary,
the Messenger of Allah;’ whereas they slew
him not, nor crucified him, but he appeared
to them so (like Jesus (Isa)).”
In the narration, in his interpretation of the
speech reported on the authority of Abu
Jafar (A.S), Ali Bin Ibrahim said: [Isa (A.S)
met with his disciples on the night Allah
lifted him unto him; they gathered in the
evening. They were twelve men and he
invited them into a house and then he
appeared to them from a fountain in the
corner of the house, shaking the water off
his head, and said: "Allah is raising me to
Him now and He will save me from the
Jews. Which one of you accepts that Allah
casts my ghost upon him so he be killed,
crucified and rise to the same rank as
mine. One of them replied: I do, O spirit of
Allah! Then, he said: You it shall be then…"
The Jews came asking for Isa (A.S) that
night… They took the man upon whom the
ghost of Isa (A.S) was cast, and so he was
killed and crucified.][8]