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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Mary and Jesus in Islam Was Jesus Crucified? Sa`eed ibn Jubayr is quoted as having cited Ibn `Abbas as saying that when Allah wanted to raise Jesus to heaven, Jesus went out to meet his followers at a house where all his twelve disciples assembled. He went out to them from a well in the house and his hair was dripping with water.

He said, “Among you are those who will disbelieve in me twelve times even after having believed in me.” Then he added, “Which one of you agrees to look like me and be killed in my place and enjoy the status reserved for me with my Lord?” Their youngest stood up, but Jesus told him to sit down. He repeated the question to them, and the same young man stood up again, whereupon Jesus said, “Then you shall be the one.” He immediately was made to look just like Jesus, then Jesus was raised to heaven.

The Jews[^1] came and took the disciple who looked just like Jesus, killed him, then crucified him; thus, some of them disbelieved in him twelve times after having believed in him, and they were divided into three sects: One of the sects said that God was among them, then He ascended to heaven. [^1] According to the distorted story of Jesus, soldiers of the Roman empire (which then ruled Palestine) crucified Jesus.

Muslims believe that: 1) the Jews, not the Romans, crucified a man thinking that he was Jesus, that the plot against him was not politically but religiously motivated; 2) the real Jesus was not crucified but was raised to heaven and is still alive. He will come back near the end of the life on this planet to fight those who distorted his message. There are millions of Christians who believe in this second coming of Jesus, but they, as usual, differ among themselves as to how it will be.

Some claim that Jesus will not come back in person but there will be a revival of his faith... (103) These are the Jacobites[^1]. The other sect said that “the son of God” stayed with them as long as God willed, then God raised him up to Him, and they are called the Nestorians[^2]. The third sect said that “the servant of Allah[^3] and His messenger” remained among them for as long as Allah willed, then Allah raised him up to Him, and these are the Muslims.

Both previous sects collaborated against the Muslim one, wiping the latter out. Islam, hence, remained hidden, obscure, forgotten, till Allah sent Prophet Muhammed to revive it.