What is the authenticity of the Hadith: "Jesus did not die and will return before the Day of Judgment," which Al-Tabari mentioned on the authority of Hassan, may Allah be pleased with him?
This chain of narration is very weak, and the hadith transmitted through it is unacceptable due to several defects, including: Abu Ja'far al-Razi, the father of Abdullah, whose narrations most scholars of al-jarh wa al-ta'dil (discrediting and accrediting narrators) have deemed weak. And Abdullah ibn Abi Ja'far, whose narrations are not considered valid unless narrated by him from his father. And Al-Rabi' ibn Anas, whose narrations from Abu Ja'far are avoided by people. Furthermore, Al-Hasan al-Basri did not live to meet the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and his marasil ( mursal hadith, where the Tabi'i narrates directly from the Prophet without mentioning a Companion) are among the weakest marasil according to scholars.
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