72: To have faith in the Messenger’s visit to the Heavens

To have Faith that the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) was taken by night up through the heavens and came to the Throne and spoke to Allah, the Blessed and Most High, and entered Paradise and saw into the Fire and saw the angels [and heard the Speech of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, and the Prophets were shown to him]. He (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) saw the drapery of the Throne, the Footstool (Kursee) and all within the heavens and the earths whilst awake, being taken by Jibreel upon al-Buraaq [1], who took him through the heavens. That night, five daily prayers were obligated for him. He returned to Makkah that same night and that was before the Hijrah [2].

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NOTES

[1] Anas reports that the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “I was brought al-Buraaq, an animal which was white and long, larger than a donkey, but smaller than a mule. It would place its hoof at the distance equal to the range of one’s vision…” Reported by Muslim (Eng. trans. 1/100/no.309).

[2] The hadeeth of the Israa’ is firmly established and is reported by al-Bukhaaree (Eng. trans. 4/287/no.429) and Muslim (Eng. trans. 3/1029/no.4554). As-Suyootee compiled a treatise in which he brought together the different narrations about al-Israa’ and he called it al-Aayaatul-Kubraa fee Sharh Qissatil-Israa’.

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