حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَنْزِلَ فِيكُمُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ حَكَمًا مُقْسِطًا، فَيَكْسِرَ الصَّلِيبَ، وَيَقْتُلَ الْخِنْزِيرَ، وَيَضَعَ الْجِزْيَةَ، وَيَفِيضَ الْمَالُ حَتَّى لاَ يَقْبَلَهُ أَحَدٌ ”.
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “The Hour will not be established until the son of Mary descends amongst you as a just ruler, he will break the cross, kill the pigs, and abolish the Jizya tax. Money will be in abundance so that nobody will accept it (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 43, Hadith #656)
The next sign mentioned in the hadith is that he would break the cross. Firstly this tells us that at the time of the Messiah(as) Christians would be dominating. Now sadly many Muslims think that this would be literal. If they think for event one whole minute this misconception of it being literal should be removed. If the messiah was to descend and breaks lets say 100 crosses, another million would be made that same hour around the world. Secondly who would accept such a person who comes to someones neck and rips this cross off and breaks it? Clearly this is not what Islam has taught us. Another point to keep in mind is that Allah is sending a prophet not a ignorant person who would physically go around breaking crosses. A prophets job is to spread the message of Allah and physically breaking a cross is against what Allah has ordered his prophets to do. This is clearly metaphorical for breaking the ideology of Christianity and proving the Christianity beliefs to be totally false which Ahmad(as) did beautifully. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad(as) showed and proved to the world that Isa(as) was not raised from the dead and nor did he die on the cross from their own bible. He ended the preaching of the Christians with his arguments during his time and even today these arguments have no answers and Christians dislike debating or discussing with Ahmadi Muslims because they know how strong our proofs are. Some Muslim scholars have copied the arguments of Ahmad(as) like Ahmad Deedat.
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “The Hour will not be established until the son of Mary descends amongst you as a just ruler, he will break the cross, kill the pigs, and abolish the Jizya tax. Money will be in abundance so that nobody will accept it (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 43, Hadith #656)
The next sign mentioned in the hadith is that he would break the cross. Firstly this tells us that at the time of the Messiah(as) Christians would be dominating. Now sadly many Muslims think that this would be literal. If they think for event one whole minute this misconception of it being literal should be removed. If the messiah was to descend and breaks lets say 100 crosses, another million would be made that same hour around the world. Secondly who would accept such a person who comes to someones neck and rips this cross off and breaks it? Clearly this is not what Islam has taught us. Another point to keep in mind is that Allah is sending a prophet not a ignorant person who would physically go around breaking crosses. A prophets job is to spread the message of Allah and physically breaking a cross is against what Allah has ordered his prophets to do. This is clearly metaphorical for breaking the ideology of Christianity and proving the Christianity beliefs to be totally false which Ahmad(as) did beautifully. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad(as) showed and proved to the world that Isa(as) was not raised from the dead and nor did he die on the cross from their own bible. He ended the preaching of the Christians with his arguments during his time and even today these arguments have no answers and Christians dislike debating or discussing with Ahmadi Muslims because they know how strong our proofs are. Some Muslim scholars have copied the arguments of Ahmad(as) like Ahmad Deedat.