What is the future of occupied Jerusalem?
Question:
A key point, what is the future of occupied Jerusalem and its destination after the peace treaty with the Jews?
Answer:
There is no peace. There is no peace except with Islam. The day you see Islam ruling the people then proclaim peace. But we are upon certainty that the Jews will not have permanency in Palestine. This is as Allah the Exalted said: “It is the truth, just as it is the truth that you can speak.” (Adh-Dhariyat 51:23)
Because there are authentic narrations that clearly state that when the Dajjal (anti-Christ) appears during the last days, Jesus (peace be upon him) will be in Masjid Al-Aqsa. The Dajjal will appear followed by seventy thousand Jews of Isfahan wearing Persian shawls. They will come with the Dajjal om Isfahan. Therefore, Jesus will be in Jerusalem, where will the Jews be? They will have become a thing of the past. But during this current time, as Allah the Exalted said: “And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people.” (Aal `Imrān 3:140).
The Jews certainly have no permanency in Palestine, but who are those who will remove them? They will be removed by Muslims, believers, those upon true monotheism. There is a saying I say in Sham, and I will repeat it. We have a narration that gives us great glad tidings. The summary of the Hadith is the Prophet (peace be upon him) gave glad tidings to the Muslims that they will conquer Constantinople and Rome. Constantinople means Istanbul and Romiya means Rome. The Messenger gave them this great glad tidings. A question was asked. Which of the two cities will be conquered first Constantinople or Rome? He said: “O the contrary, it will be Constantinople. And as you know, Constantinople was conquered. Thus, it remains for the Muslims to conquer Rome.
But here is the point. I used to say in Damascus, Rome is the capital of the Christians, the Centre of the Pope. Who is going to conquer this? The Muslims today? We have a village in East Damascus about 15 kilometers away called Douma. I used to say, the Muslims today are not able to conquer Douma let alone conquer the capital of Rome. Rome will be conquered by youth who are not distracted by business nor trade from the remembrance of Allah and the establishment of the prayer. Hopefully, this will be soon.
