Will Jesus descend as a ruler or a prophet?

When you ask this question to the scholars, you will hear this answer: "Our Lord Jesus, peace be upon him, will not rule with a new law, but will descend as stated in the two Sahihin on the authority of Abu Huraira who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "By Allah, the son of Maryam will descend as a just ruler." ....... That is, a ruler, not a prophet with a new message, but a ruler who rules by the law and rulings of Muhammad (peace be upon him), not a new prophet or new rulings."
Al-Nawawi (rahimahullah) said: "The Prophet (peace be upon him) says, "He is a ruler," meaning that he comes down as a ruler of this law, not as a prophet with a new message and a superseded law, but as a ruler of this nation."
Al-Qurtubi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Ibn Abi Dhutb has also interpreted the words "your imam is one of you" in the original and its complement: Jesus, peace be upon him, does not come to the people of the earth with another law, but rather comes to establish and renew this law, because this law is the last of the laws and Muhammad, peace be upon him, is the last of the messengers, and this is clearly evidenced by the saying of the Ummah to Jesus, peace be upon him: "Come and pray for us. He will say: No. He will say: "No. Indeed, some of you are rulers over one another, for Allah has honoured this Ummah."
Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said: "He said: "Ruler" means: a ruler. The meaning is: He will come down as a ruler of this Shari'ah, for this Shari'ah remains unchanged, but Jesus will be a ruler among the rulers of this nation."
Al-Qadi Ayyadh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The descent of Jesus Christ and his killing of the Dajjal is true and correct according to the people of the Sunnah, because there is nothing to invalidate or weaken it, contrary to some Mu'tazilites and Jahmiyyah and those who hold the view that they deny this and claim that Allah's saying about Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "The Seal of the Prophets" and "There is no prophet after me": "There is no prophet after me," and the consensus of Muslims on this, and that the law of Islam remains unchanged until the Day of Judgement, rejects these hadiths."

Evidence that Jesus, peace be upon him, was raised as a prophet and will return as a ruling prophet:

Most scholars believe that our master Isa  will return at the end of time as a ruler only and not as a prophet, because they are convinced that there is no prophet or messenger after our master Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in accordance with the Almighty saying: 'Today I have completed your religion for you, and I have perfected my grace for you and have made Islam a religion for you' [Al-Maida: 3], and the Almighty saying in Surat Al-Ahzab: 'Muhammad was not the father of one of your men, but the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets: "Muhammad was not the father of one of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets, and Allah is all-knowing" [Al-Ahzab]. All the opinions of the scholars we have mentioned above that the return of Jesus will be limited to being only a ruler and not a prophet is a natural consequence of the centuries-old belief that Muhammad is the Seal of the Prophets as well as the Seal of the Messengers, so most scholars have ignored all the signs and revelations that prove that Jesus is the Seal of the Prophets. While I fully respect the opinion of most scholars who believe that Jesus, peace be upon him, will return at the end of time as a prophet, I disagree with them and say that Jesus, peace be upon him, was raised by God Almighty to be a prophet and will return at the end of time as a ruler only, I disagree with them and say that Jesus was raised by God Almighty and will return at the end of time as a prophet and ruler at the same time, as was the case with our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), our Prophet David (peace be upon him) and our Prophet Suleiman (peace be upon him). It is also mentioned that our Prophet (peace be upon him) will put the jizya, which is not from Islamic law, but he will also work by Allah's command and will not copy the law of Allah revealed to him. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said that the Prophet (peace be upon him) will put down the jizyah and this is not from the Islamic law, but he too will work by the order of Allah (swt) and will not copy the law of Allah (swt). This does not contradict the fact that they are both Muslim messengers from Allah (swt) with a specific message to the world, and the evidence that scholars have overlooked that Jesus will return as a prophet is many:

1 - Say, "Seal of the Prophets," and do not say, "There is no prophet after him.

Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti said in al-Durr al-Manthur: "Ibn Abi Shaybah reported Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) as saying, "Say, 'Say the Seal of the Prophets,' and do not say, 'There is no prophet after him.'" Ibn Abi Shaybah reported Al-Sha'abi (may Allah be pleased with him) as saying: A man in the presence of al-Mughira bin Shu'ba said, "May Allah bless Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets, with no prophet after him." Al-Mughira said, "That's enough: If you say Seal of the Prophets, we used to talk that Jesus, peace be upon him, was coming out, and if he came out, he was before him and after him."
In the book of Yahya ibn Salam in the interpretation of the saying: 'But he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets', on the authority of Al-Rabeeh ibn Sabih, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she said: "Do not say: 'There is no prophet after Muhammad,' but say: 'He is the Seal of the Prophets: The Seal of the Prophets, for Jesus, the son of Mary, will come down as a just judge and a righteous imam, and he will kill the Dajjal, break the cross, kill the pig, put down the jizyah, and put down the tribute, and the war will put down its burden."
Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) knew for sure that the grace of revelation and message continues in the followers of the faithful Sadiq al-Amin, and she wanted to show the correct understanding of the Seal of the Prophets, which is free from all forms of conflict. The Seal of the Prophets means that his law is the final one, and no one can attain the status of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, which is a high and eternal status that does not disappear from the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace and bless him.
Ibn Qutaiba al-Dinouri interpreted Aisha's statement and said: "As for the statement of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), "Say to the Messenger of Allah, the seal of the prophets, and do not say that there is no prophet after him," she is referring to the descent of Jesus (peace be upon him), and this statement of hers does not contradict the statement of the Prophet (peace be upon him) that there will be no prophet after me, because he meant that there will be no prophet after me to copy what I came with, as the prophets (peace be upon them) were sent to copy, and she meant that you should not say that Jesus will not come down after him.
Our Lord Jesus, peace be upon him, when he appears at the end of time, will act according to the Islamic law, just like our Lord David and our Lord Solomon, peace be upon them, who were prophets and ruled according to the law of our Lord Moses, peace be upon him, and did not replace the law of our Lord Moses with another law, but worked and ruled according to the same law of our Lord Moses, peace be upon him, just as our Lord Jesus, peace be upon him, will do when he appears at the end of time.

2 - There is no prophet between me and him:

Abu Huraira reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "The prophets have different mothers, and their religion is one, and I am the most favoured of men with regard to Jesus, the son of Mary, because there was no prophet between me and him, and he is my successor over my nation." .....
The Prophet (peace be upon him) did not say, "There is no prophet between me and the time of the Hour," but rather, "There was no prophet between me and him." This indicates that Jesus, peace be upon him, was excluded from the Prophet (peace be upon him) being the Seal of the Prophets.
We repeat and emphasise here what our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "There was no prophet between me and him." The Prophet did not say, "There is no messenger between me and him," because between our master Muhammad (peace be upon him) and our master Jesus (peace be upon him) is the Prophet Mahdi.

3 - Allah resurrects him

In Sahih Muslim, after mentioning the Dajjal's temptation: "While he was like that, Allah sent the Messiah, the son of Mary, and he would descend at the white minaret east of Damascus between two mahrudas, with his palms resting on the wings of two angels..."
The meaning of "God's resurrection" means "sending", meaning that God will send the Messiah to descend at the White Lighthouse, so the word is crystal clear, so why the insistence on focusing only on the word "ruler" and not on the word "resurrection"?
This is in addition to the miracle of his descent from heaven with his palms resting on the wings of two angels. Should the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, in this hadith, say explicitly and clearly after all this that he will return as a prophet? Is not the word resurrection and the miracle of the descent from heaven sufficient to prove that he will return as a prophet?

4 - Breaking the Cross and Laying the Jizya

Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "And whoever is in his own hand, it is imminent that the son of Mary will descend among you as a judge and a just judge, and he will break the cross, kill the pig, put down the jizya, and spread the money until no one accepts it..." Ibn al-Athir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Laying the jizya is dropping it from the People of the Book and obligating them to Islam, and not accepting anything else from them, which is the meaning of laying the jizya."
"And he shall lay down the jizyah." The scholars differ on the meaning of this verse. It is said that it means that he decides and imposes it on all infidels to either convert to Islam or pay the jizyah, which is the opinion of Qadi 'Ayyad (may Allah have mercy on him).
It is said: He does not accept it from anyone because of the large amount of money, so taking it would be of no benefit to Islam.
It is said that no one will accept the jizyah, but only killing or Islam, because no one will be accepted from anyone on that day except Islam, because of the hadith of Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) in Ahmad: "And the call will be one", meaning only Islam, which is the choice of al-Nawawi, attributed to al-Khatabi and chosen by Badr al-Din al-Aini, which is the opinion of Ibn Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on them all) and is the most prominent, God knows best.
The definition of naskh is: "The removal of a previous legal ruling by a later legal evidence." It can only be done by Allah, the Almighty, by His command and judgement, as He can command His servants whatever He wishes, and then revoke that ruling, i.e.: remove it and remove it.
The fact that Jesus, peace be upon him, copied (i.e. changed and removed) a legal ruling given by many explicit texts from the Qur'an and Sunnah is a fact that proves that he was a prophet sent by God Almighty with a command to change this ruling. The fact that the Prophet (peace be upon him) told us that Jesus will pay the jizyah does not change this fact, as both the fact that Jesus will pay the jizyah and the fact that he will return as a prophet is a fact that the Prophet (peace be upon him) told us more than fourteen centuries ago.
Jizya is lawful in the religion of Islam, as in the words of Almighty God: 'Fight those who do not believe in God, nor in the Last Day, nor forbid what God and His Messenger have forbidden, nor condemn the religion of truth from those who have the Book until they give the jizya from the hand while they are humble (29)' [al-Tawbah]. Even the Mahdi Prophet who will appear before Jesus, peace be upon him, will not be able to change these rulings, as this is not his task as a prophet, but rather the task of the Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, as he will return as a prophet.
As for the reason for the establishment of the jizya at the time of the return of Jesus at the end of time, al-Iraqi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It appears to me that the acceptance of the jizyah from the Jews and Christians is due to the suspicion of the Torah and the Gospel in their hands, and their attachment - allegedly - to an old law; if Jesus came down, that suspicion disappeared, because he was seen; they became like idol worshippers in that their suspicion ceased and their matter was revealed; so they were treated like them in that only Islam is accepted from them, and the ruling is removed when its cause disappears."
Jesus, peace be upon him, will not copy the Qur'an or replace it with another book and another law. Rather, he will copy one or more provisions of the Holy Qur'an, and Jesus, peace be upon him, will rule by Islamic law and will believe and work only with the Holy Qur'an and not with any other book other than the Holy Qur'an, whether it is the Torah or the Gospel. Our Lord Jesus, peace be upon him, was a believer in the Torah that was revealed to Moses, peace be upon him, and followed it, and did not contradict it except in a few things, as the Almighty said: And We followed in their footsteps with Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming what was before him of the Torah, and We gave him the Gospel, in which is guidance and light, and a confirmation of what was before him of the Torah, a guide and an exhortation to the pious" [al-Ma'idah]. The Almighty said: 'And I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear Allah and obey me' [Al-Imran].
Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his Tafsir: "And confirming what was before me of the Torah," i.e.: following it, not contradicting what is in it, except for a few things in which he explained to the Israelites some of what they differed about, as Almighty Allah said about Jesus that he said to the Israelites: "And I will make for you some of what has been forbidden to you" [Al-Imran: 50]; that is why it is the famous opinion of the scholars that the Gospel has copied some of the provisions of the Torah" [Al-Imran: 50].
Our Lord Jesus, peace be upon him, was a follower of the Torah, keeping it and recognising it, because he was one of the prophets of the Israelites, then God Almighty revealed to him the Gospel, which is a confirmation of what is in the Torah, but when our Lord Jesus, peace be upon him, returns at the end of time, he will be a follower of the Qur'an, a keeper of it and a confirmer of what is in it. He will not copy the Qur'an or replace it with another book, but he will copy one or more rulings, so no new book will be revealed to him from Allah, this is the difference between the mission of Jesus in the past and his mission at the end of time, and Allah knows best.

5 - He tells people about their degrees in Paradise:

In Sahih Muslim, after mentioning the killing of the Dajjal by Jesus, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Then Jesus son of Mary will come to some people whom Allah has protected from him, and he will wipe their faces and tell them about their degrees in Paradise."
Will Jesus, peace be upon him, tell the degrees of people in paradise on his own?
Does Jesus know the unseen?
Is there a ruler or an ordinary human being who can do this?
This is another indication that Jesus will return as a prophet without the need for the Prophet (peace be upon him) to explicitly tell us in the same hadith that he will return as a prophet; this evidence does not need another explanation in the same hadith to prove that he will return as a prophet.

6 - He kills the Antichrist:

The destruction of the greatest sedition on the face of the earth from the creation of Adam to the resurrection of the Hour will be at the hands of Jesus, peace be upon him, as indicated by the authentic hadiths. The Dajjal will spread his sedition all over the earth and increase his followers, and only a few believers will survive it, and only one person will be able to kill him, whom Allah Almighty has given the ability to do so, as Jesus will kill him with his spear at Bab Lud in Palestine.
The ability to kill the Dajjal is only given to a prophet, as evidenced by the Prophet's saying: "Other than the Dajjal, I am afraid of you. If he comes out while I am among you, I am his guardian over you; if he comes out while I am not among you, each man is his own guardian, and Allah is my successor over every Muslim." The Prophet (peace be upon him) tells his companions that if the Dajjal comes out in his time, he will be able to defeat him, but if he comes out and is not among them, each person will argue for himself, and Allah is his successor over every believer, so his Lord Almighty entrusted him to support the believers and protect them from the temptations of the Dajjal, of which there is no greater temptation between the creation of Adam and the resurrection of the Hour.

The danger of believing that our Lord Jesus, peace be upon him, will return at the end of time as a ruler only:

Those who believe that our Lord Jesus, peace be upon him, will return at the end of time as a political ruler only and has nothing to do with religion except to pay the jizya, break the cross and kill the pig, do not realise the seriousness of this belief and its consequences, and I have thought about the consequences of this belief and found that it will lead to strife and great dangers, if those who believe in this belief realised it, their opinions and fatwas would change. If those who believe in this belief realised it, their opinions and fatwas would change, so come with me, brother reader, to imagine with me the danger of this belief when our Lord Jesus, peace be upon him, will live among us as our ruler for seven years or forty years, as mentioned in the hadiths:
1- With this belief, Jesus will only be a political ruler with no involvement in religious affairs, as jurisprudential issues will be in the hands of ordinary religious scholars during his reign.
2- With this belief, he will not have the final say on any jurisprudential issue, as his religious opinion will be no more than an opinion among other jurisprudential opinions that Muslims may take or take from others.
3 With this belief, the best case scenario for Jesus' intervention in religion would be nothing more than a reiteration of religion, meaning that his opinion would be based on his own point of view and not based on revelation, and there is a huge difference in the two cases. in the first case, any person or religious scholar can argue with Jesus in his religious opinions, either he will be right in his personal opinion or he will be wrong, but in the second case, Jesus' opinion will be based on a revelation revealed to him and no one is allowed to argue with it.
4- With this belief that he is only a just ruler, you will find any Muslim who rises up to Jesus to oppose him when he gives his opinion on any jurisprudential issue and says to Jesus: ((You are only a political ruler and have nothing to do with religious affairs))! This can happen in a country with millions of Muslims with different souls, whether they are good souls or malicious souls.
5- With this belief, it is possible that Jesus may not be familiar with the Qur'an and its sciences and that there are scholars who will be better than him, so people will ask them about jurisprudential issues and not ask Jesus. However, in the other case of being a prophet, Allah will send him as a prophet and ruler of the Shari'ah of Islam, so he will certainly have the knowledge of the Qur'an and Sunnah with which he can judge between people.
6- Imagine with me, my honourable brother, that any Muslim will go to our Lord Jesus, peace be upon him, to ask him about the interpretation of a verse in the Qur'an or ask him about any religious issue, and the response from our Lord Jesus, peace be upon him, will be with this belief: "The interpretation of the verse is what Al-Qurtubi said is so and so, or the interpretation of it is what Al-Shaarawi said is so and so, and like our Lord Jesus I tend to the opinion of Ibn Kathir, for example." In this case, the questioner may choose the appropriate interpretation for his whims based on this belief.

- With this belief, can you imagine all the situations that will happen with Jesus when he will return to the end times as a ruler only, without revelation as before?

These are some of the situations that I imagined with this belief based on the nature of the different human souls that we see at any time and at any time, and certainly there are other situations that Jesus will be exposed to with this belief, so will Jesus be satisfied with this strange situation?
Would you, my honourable brother, accept that one of the prophets of God Almighty return to us at the end of time as an ordinary human being without revelation?
Will Allah (SWT) accept this bad situation for His Messenger, who is a spirit from Him?
Is it fair that God Almighty would bring Jesus back to the world with a lower status than he had before, even if he was the ruler of the whole world?
Put yourself in the shoes of Jesus, would you choose to return to the world as a prophet as you were before or as a ruler facing all these abuses?
Our Lord Jesus, peace be upon him, will return at the end of time as a prophet, messenger or messenger-prophet who will be inspired and honoured as he was before, and Allah (SWT) will not diminish his status upon his return. Our Lord Jesus, peace be upon him, will also return with the knowledge of the Qur'an and the Sunnah and will have an answer to settle disputed matters of jurisprudence, and he will rule by the law of our Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, he will not copy the Holy Qur'an with another book, and during his reign Islam will appear over all religions. For example, he creates out of clay the image of a bird and blows on it, turning it into a bird that flies, he heals the blind and the lepers and heals them with the permission of Allah, he revives the dead with the permission of Allah, he tells people what is in their homes, and Allah will support him with other miracles and proofs at the end of time that our Prophet mentioned, such as telling people their grades in paradise.
In addition, I believe that Jesus, peace be upon him, is the messenger referred to in Surah al-Baynah, as the People of the Book will be dispersed during his reign after Jesus, peace be upon him, brings them the proof, and that the interpretation of the Holy Qur'an will be during his reign, as we explained in a previous chapter and in the following verses of the Holy Qur'an: 'Are they waiting but for its interpretation on the day when its interpretation comes', 'Then it is upon us to explain it', and 'And you will know its news after some time', and God knows best.