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        "msgid": "is-it-true-that-khidir-is-still-alive-1782265934",
        "date": "2026-06-24 08:15:00",
        "title": "Is It True That Khidir Is Still Alive?",
        "author": "Hasanul Rizqa",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Anthropology",
        "summary": "This article examines the Islamic theological debate surrounding the figure of Khidir, mentioned in the Qur'an, and whether he is still alive. It presents the argument, supported by Ibnul Qayyim and scholarly consensus, that reports of his continued existence are based on fabricated hadiths and are therefore false.",
        "content": "<p>Khidir is a righteous servant mentioned by Allah SWT in Surah\nAl-Kahfi as a companion of Prophet Musa AS, from whom Musa sought to\nlearn. Khidir required Musa to be patient, and Musa agreed. Khidir then\nasked, \u201cHow can you have patience about something which you do not have\ncomprehensive knowledge?\u201d Khidir was a servant granted mercy by Allah\nand knowledge from Him. As Musa continued walking with him, he saw the\npious man make a hole in a boat. Musa then asked, \u201cDid you make a hole\nin it to drown its passengers?\u201d The rest of the story is mentioned in\nSurah Al-Kahfi. Musa was astonished by his actions until Khidir\nexplained the reasons behind what he had done. At the end of his\nexplanation, he said, \u201cI did not do it of my own accord. That is the\ninterpretation of those things over which you were unable to have\npatience.\u201d Meaning, all those actions were solely by the will of Allah\nSWT. Some people say about Khidir, \u201cHe lived after Musa until the time\nof Isa, then the time of Prophet Muhammad SAW, and he is still alive now\nand will live until the Day of Judgement.\u201d People have written stories,\nnarrations, and fairy tales that Khidir met so-and-so, bestowed a kirqah\n(garment) upon so-and-so, and gave advice to so-and-so. The opinion that\nKhidir is still alive\u2014as some people assume\u2014is completely unjust. On the\ncontrary, there are proofs from the Qur\u2019an, the Sunnah, reason, and the\nconsensus (ijma) among the scholars of this ummah that Khidir has passed\naway. I consider it sufficient to quote the explanation from the book\nAl-Manaarul Muniif fil Haditsish Shahih wa adh-Dha\u2019if by Ibnul Qayyim.\nIbnul Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, mentioned in the book the\ncharacteristics of fabricated hadiths (maudlu) that are not accepted in\nthe religion. Among those characteristics are \u201chadiths that narrate\nabout Khidir and his life.\u201d All of them are false. There is not a single\nauthentic hadith about it.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/is-it-true-that-khidir-is-still-alive-1782265934",
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