Reading some literature it’s mentioned Essa AS will descend at the Jamia Masjid in Damascus. However recently listening to a bayaan by Ml Ismail Hussain, Ml mentioned that Essa AS will descend at Masjid ul Aqsa.
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Mullā Alī al-Qārī Rahimahullāh indicates in Mirqāt al-Mafātīh that there are various narrations regarding the descending of Isā Alaihissalām.In some it is mentioned that Isā Alaihissalām will descend in Bait al-Maqdis (Masjid al-Aqsā), while in another narration it is mentioned that he will descend in Eastern Dimishq.And yet another narration states that he will descend in Jordan.The preferred view is Bait al-Maqdis. [1]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mawlana Abdul Azīm bin Abdur Rahman,
Student Darul Iftaa
U.S.A.
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
[1]وفى الجامع: روى الطبرانى عن أوس بن أوس: ينزل عيسى بن مريم عند المنارة البيضاء شرقى دمشق، ذككر السيوطى فى تعليقه على ابن ماجة أنه قال الحافظ ابن كثير فى رواية: أن عيسى عليه الصلاة والسلام ينزل ببيت المقدس. وفى رواية: بالأردن، وفى رواية: بمعسكر المسلمين. قلت: حديث نزوله ببيت المقدسعند أبن ماجة, وهو عندى أرجح (مرقاة المفاتيح، ج 8، ص 3461، دار الفكر)
