Using this reasoning in His Holy book...

Using this reasoning in His Holy book, Allah refutes those who deny and view the hereafter as improbable. He, the Exalted, says, “O people! If you have doubts about resurrection, then surely We have created you from soil then from sperm . . .” (Quran 22:5). He also says, “Did not man see that We have created him from a sperm . . .” (Quran 36:77). In yet another place, He says, “And they say, ‘When we become bones and powder . . .” (Quran 17:49).

This is in addition to the longevity of some of the Prophets like al-Khiḍr, Noah, Jesus, and etc., peace be on them all. How can the belief about the Mahdī’s longevity be a sign of ignorance whilst the Holy Quran has stated the possibility of similar occurrences: “Had he [i.e. Jonas] not been from the glorifying ones, he would have certainly remained in [the whale’s] stomach until the Day they are raised” (Quran 37:143–144).

Regarding the Prophet Noah, peace be on him, the Holy Quran says, “So, he stayed amongst his people for a thousand years save fifty” (Quran 29:14). Regarding Jesus, it says, “And there will not remain even one of the followers of the Book (ahl al-kitāb) except that they will most certainly believe in him before his death” (Quran 4:159).

It also informs us about Satan and that he has been given time until the appointed hour—a fact that is neither denied by any of the Muslims nor considered improbable. Muslim has recorded in his Ṣaḥīḥ, vol. 2, chap. “Ibn Ṣayyād,” al-Tirmidhī in his Sunan, vol. 2, and Abū Dāwūd in his Ṣaḥīḥ, chap. “The narration of ibn.

Ṣā’id,” have recorded numerous traditions about ibn Ṣayyād and ibn Ṣā’id and that the Holy Prophet, Allah’s blessings be on him and his family, considered it probable that he was al-Dajjāl who will emerge in the end of times. Ibn Māja has recorded in his Ṣaḥīḥ (part 2) in the chapters on fitnas, under the fitna of al-Dajjāl and the emergence of `Īsā, Abū Dāwūd has mentioned in vol.

2 of his Sunan from the book al-Malāḥim in the chapter on the narration of al-Jassāsa, Muslim in his Ṣaḥīḥ in the chapter on the Appearance of al-Dajjāl and his staying on earth from the narration of Tamīm al-Dārī—which clearly and explicitly mentions that al-Dajjāl was alive during the time of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his family, and that he will reappear in the end of times.