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he facts that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is
alive in Allah's Presence and that he
will return to Earth in the End Times
appears in some detail in the hadith collections, among
them al-Shaybani's Taysir al-Usul ila Jami' al-Usul; Imam
Maliki's Al-Muwatta'; the Sahihs of Ibn Khuzayma and Ibn
Hibban; and the Musnads of Ibn Hanbal and al-Tayalisi,
regarded as the greatest sources of the most reliable ha-
dith. Furthermore, many Islamic scholars have carried out
research and studies on these facts and have written books
and treatises on them. These are also invaluable sources.
Heading the list of these great Islamic scholars is Abu
Hanifa, the founder of the Hanafi legal school. Some of the
