he will need to know of this law in order to judge people by it and follow it himself. The believers will then gather around him and appoint him to rule over them. . . . Moreover, governance cannot be left suspended. The world will continue to exist only so long as religious accountability remains in force, until no one on earth says, ‘Allah, Allah.’” (1)

Evidence that religious accountability will remain after Jesus (peace be upon him) descends includes his praying with the Muslims, performing the pilgrimage, and waging jihad against the unbelievers.

His prayer has already been mentioned in the hadiths.

The same applies to his fighting the unbelievers and the followers of the Dajjāl.

As for his pilgrimage, it is narrated in Sahih Muslim that Hanzala al-Aslamī said: I heard Abū Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) relate that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “By Him in Whose hand is my soul, the son of Mary will surely pronounce the talbiyah at the pass of al-Rawhā (2) for Hajj or Umrah, or he will combine the two” (3)—that is, he will combine Hajj and Umrah.

As for Jesus’s abolition of the jizya levied on the unbelievers—even though it is prescribed in Islam—