Fatwa ID: 07162

Answered by:  Maulana Safraz Mohammad

Question:

Do Muslims believe/claim that Jesus was Levite?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer: 

Levite is a tribe from the Children of Israel. After intense research, I could not find any source that shows which tribe Prophet Isa (A.S) was from. However, Muslims believe that Prophet Isa (A.S) was sent as a Messenger of Allah to the Children of Israel and he was also from the children of Israel. Muslims believe that all tribes of the children of Israel who follow the teaching of the Prophets of Allah at that time were Muslims.  

وَ یُعَلِّمُهُ الْكِتٰبَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَ التَّوْرٰىةَ وَ الْاِنْجِیْلَ(48)وَ رَسُوْلًا اِلٰى بَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ ﳔ اَنِّیْ قَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِاٰیَةٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّكُمْ ﳐ اَنِّیْۤ اَخْلُقُ لَكُمْ مِّنَ الطِّیْنِ كَهَیْــٴَـةِ الطَّیْرِ فَاَنْفُخُ فِیْهِ فَیَكُوْنُ طَیْرًۢا بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۚ-وَ اُبْرِئُ الْاَ كْمَهَ وَ الْاَبْرَصَ وَ اُحْیِ الْمَوْتٰى بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۚ-وَ اُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا تَاْكُلُوْنَ وَ مَا تَدَّخِرُوْنَۙ-فِیْ بُیُوْتِكُمْؕ-اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیَةً لَّكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُّؤْمِنِیْنَ(49)

(سورۃ ال عمران)

وَإِذْ قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ يَا بَنِي إِسْرائيلَ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ مُصَدِّقاً لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَمُبَشِّراً بِرَسُولٍ يَأْتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ قَالُوا هَذَا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ

Only Allah تعالي Knows Best

Written by Maulana Safraz Mohammad

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham