TRANSLATION OF MEHMED HANDŽIĆ’S DISCUSSION al-Ḥaqq aṣ-ṣaḥīḥ fī iṯbāt nuzūl sayyidinā al-Masīḥ „Authentic Truth in Establishing the Coming of Our Honourable al-Masīḥ”

Abstract

In this manuscript, the author Mehmed Handžić deals with the subject of clear confirmation (al-iṯbāt) of the descent or arrival of Isā al-Masīh in the end times, namely before the Day of Judgment. The author presented his discourse in three sections. Firstly, the evidence of the descent of Isā al-Masīh in the Qur’an; secondly, the evidence of it in the messenger’s traditions (aḥādīth), as well as the argumentation (al-istidlāl) in support of the descent of Isā in the Sunnah itself; and thirdly, dealing with the descent of Isā al-Masīh by a clear consensus (al-igmā) of the Muslim community or Ummah.