Will Isa (AS) descend from the Heaven/Sky (Samaa)? Imam Bayhaqi’s narration

Introduction

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To prove that Isa (AS) is alive, Anti-Ahmadis quote a narration from Al-Asma’ wa al-Sifat (Arabic: الأسماء والصفات) by Imam al-Baihaqi (RH) which says the following:

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، مَوْلَى أَبِي قَتَادَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ إِذَا نَزَلَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فِيكُمْ وَإِمَامُكُمْ مِنْكُمْ» . رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ، وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ يُونُسَ. وَإِنَّمَا أَرَادَ نُزُولَهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ بَعْدَ الرَّفْعِ إِلَيْهِ

“What will be your condition when the son of Maryam (i.e. ‘Eisa) will descend amongst you from the heavens and your Imam will be from amongst you?”

Bukhari narrated it in al-Sahih from Yahya bin Bukayr. And Muslim also narrated it through another chain from Yunus (bin Yazid). And they (also) meant his descent from the Heavens after his ascension towards it.

[Al-Asma’ wa al-Sifat]

Anti-Ahmadis allege that since this hadith mentions the coming of the Messiah from the skies, thus, it proves that Jesus (AS) is alive.

Refutation

Decietful Tehreef (Distortion)

Anti-Ahmadis cannot change the Holy Quran, as Allah has promised to protect it, so they alter what they can. This hadith does not contain the word ‘samaa’ (مِنَ السَّمَاءِ) or has any reference to heavens/skies. It is a deceitful and dangerous addition by the Anti-Ahmadis. A complete tahrif in the words of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

The correct wording is:

كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ إِذَا نَزَلَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ فِيكُمْ وَإِمَامُكُمْ مِنْكُمْ

How will you be when the son of Mary descends amongst you and is your imam among you.

[Al-Asma’ wa al-Sifat]

The following are four different manuscripts of the hadith book al-Asma’ wa al-Sifat. None of them contain the word ‘samaa’ or ‘min al-samaa’. So how can any computerized or printed version of this book include this word?

Manuscript 1

Manuscript 2

Manuscript 3

Manuscript 4

These manuscripts can be downloaded directly from source as well.¹Alukah.net

Does any Manuscript has the word Samaa?

Some deceitful Anti-Ahmadis might share a PDF of a manuscript that supposedly contains the word ‘samaa’. This is an even greater deception than what we discussed above. An Anti-Ahmadi group has deliberately edited the manuscript to insert this word.

What’s shocking is that they chose Manuscript 1 from above to alter. We compared the original manuscript with the PDF these Anti-Ahmadis share on archive.org.

You can clearly see that the entire page is unchanged except for the spot where they added the word ‘min al-samaa’. To make it fit, they shrank the font for the rest of the line so everything would stay on the same line. It is unbelievable to see these so-called Muslims go to such extremes to fabricate the words of our Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

Not so shockingly, the distorted manuscript on archive.org is uploaded by the same Anti-Ahmadi culprits, Khatam e Nabuwat Times. This is the same organization that persecutes and kills Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan and carries out other attacks on the community worldwide. One can see their character from the list of books they have uploaded on the archive.org. Many of them are filthy personal attacks on Ahmadis without a shred of evidence.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Anti-Ahmadis have not even spared the words of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAW) from Tehreef. They consider everything in the opposition of the Ahmadi Muslims to be Halal.

They have clearly and shamelessly added the word ‘samaa’ into the hadith quoted by Imam Bayhaqi. It does not exist in any of the manuscripts of the Al-Asma’ wa al-Sifat of Imam Bayhaqi. Neither does Sahih Bukhari or Sahih Muslim have this addition, even though they quote the exact same narration with similar narrators.

We will leave the Anti-Ahmadis with this warning of the Prophet (SAW).

لاَ تَكْذِبُوا عَلَىَّ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَىَّ فَلْيَلِجِ النَّارَ

The Prophet (ﷺ) said

“Do not tell a lie against me for whoever tells a lie against me then he will surely enter the Hell-fire.”

[Sahih al-Bukhari 106]