Hadith of Jesus praying behind Mahdi

Hadith of Jesus Praying Behind Mahdi refers to a collection of hadith related to the prophecy that after Jesus descends and joins the Mahdi and his followers in the final days before the destruction of Earth, he will decline the Mahdi's offer to lead the Mahdi and company in salat telling the Mahdi to lead. The Mahdi is an Islamic figure in Islamic eschatology, and salat is the Islamic practice of worship of God. The prophecy is narrated in numerous hadith collections. A total of 29 hadiths relate the return of Jesus, and his prayer with Mahdi's lead.

Hadith

Both Sunni and Shia hadith narrate this story.
Allamah Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi quotes the above tradition in his book "Muhammad is the Last Prophet" and concludes:
Abu Ya’ala provides another version of this hadith in his musnad with more clear terms.

Interpretation

Sunni and Shia Muslims hold that Isa and the Mahdi will be present at the same time, that the leaders who will carry out their commands will be from the Quraysh tribe, It's also believed that he will perform the prayer behind Mahdi. Jalaluddin al-Suyuti writes in his Nuzool Isa Ibn Maryam Akhir al-Zaman that: