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Anas bin Malik,
may Allah be pleased with
him, narrated:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: I
was brought Al-Buraq which is an animal white and
long, bigger than a donkey but smaller than a mule
who would place his hoof at a distance equal to
the range of vision. I mounted it and came to
Jerusalem
(Bait Al-Maqdis),
then tethered it to the ring used by the prophets.
I entered the mosque and prayed two rak'ahs in it,
and then came out and
Gabriel
brought me a vessel of wine and a vessel of milk.
I chose the milk, and
Gabriel
said: You have chosen the thing of natural
disposition. Then he took me to heaven.
Gabriel
then asked the gate of heaven to be opened and he
was asked who he was. He replied:
Gabriel.
He was again asked: Who is with you? He (Gabriel)
said:
Muhammad.
It was asked: Has he been revealed to? Gabriel
replied: He has indeed been revealed to. And the
door of the heaven was opened for us, and there!
we saw
Adam.
He welcomed me and prayed for my good. Then we
ascended to the second heaven.
Gabriel
(peace be upon him) asked the gate of the heaven
to be opened, and he was asked who he was. He
answered:
Gabriel.
He was again asked: Who is with you? He replied:
Muhammad.
It was asked: Has he been revealed to? He replied:
He has indeed been revealed to. The gate was
opened. When I entered
Jesus,
son of Mary,
and
John the Baptist son of Zachariah
(peace be upon both of them), cousins from the
maternal kinship, welcomed me and prayed for my
good. Then I was taken to the third heaven and
Gabriel
asked for the opening of the door. He was asked:
who are you? He replied:
Gabriel.
He was (again) asked: Who is with you? He replied:
Muhammad
(may peace be upon him). It was asked: Has he been
revealed to? He replied: He has indeed been
revealed to. The gate was opened for us and I saw
Joseph
(peace of Allah be upon him) who had been given
half of (world) beauty. He welcomed me and prayed
for my well-being. Then he ascended with us to the
fourth heaven.
Gabriel
(peace be upon him) asked for the gate to be
opened, and it was asked: Who are you? He replied:
Gabriel.
It was (again) asked: Who is with you? He said:
Muhammad.
It was asked: Has he been revealed to? He replied:
He has indeed been revealed to. The gate was
opened for us, and lo!
Enoch
was there. He welcomed me and prayed for my
well-being. (About him) Allah, the Exalted and the
Glorious, has said:
And We raised him to a high station Then he
ascended with us to the fifth heaven and
Gabriel
asked for the gate to be opened. It was asked: Who
are you? He replied:
Gabriel.
It was (again) asked: Who is with you? He replied:
Muhammad.
It was asked: Has he been revealed to? He replied:
He has indeed been revealed to. The gate was
opened for us and then I was with
Aaron
(peace of Allah be upon him). He welcomed me and
prayed for my well-being. Then I was taken to the
sixth heaven.
Gabriel
(peace be upon him) asked for the door to be
opened. It was asked: Who are you? He replied:
Gabriel.
It was asked: Who is with you? He replied:
Muhammad.
It was asked: Has he been revealed to? He replied:
He has indeed been revealed to. The gate was
opened for us and there I was with
Moses
(peace be upon him). He welcomed me and prayed for
my well-being. Then I was taken up to the seventh
heaven.
Gabriel
asked the gate to be opened. It was asked: Who are
you? He said:
Gabriel.
It was asked: Who is with you? He replied:
Muhammad
(may peace be upon him). It was asked: Has he been
revealed to? He replied: He has indeed been
revealed to. The gate was opened for us and there
I found
Abraham
(peace be upon him) reclining against Al-Bait Al-Ma'mur
and there enter into it seventy thousand angels
every day, never to visit (this place) again. Then
I was taken to Sidrat Al-Muntaha whose leaves were
like elephant ears and its fruit, like big
earthenware vessels. And when it was given a cover
by the Command of Allah, it underwent such a
change that none among the creation has the power
to praise its beauty. Then Allah revealed to me a
revelation and He made obligatory for me fifty
Prayers every day and night. Then I went down to
Moses
(peace be upon him) and he asked: What has your
Lord enjoined upon your Ummah? I said: Fifty
Prayers. He asked: Return to your Lord and beg for
reduction (in the number of Prayers), for your
community will not be able to bear this burden. As
I have put to test the
Children of Israel
and tried them (and found them too weak to bear
such a heavy burden). He (the Holy Prophet) said:
I went back to my Lord and said: My Lord, make
duty lighter for my Ummah. (The Lord) reduced five
Prayers for me. I went down to
Moses
and said: (The Lord) reduced five (Prayers) for
me. He said: Verily your Ummah will not be able to
bear this burden; return to your Lord and ask Him
to make things lighter. I then kept going back and
forth between my Lord, Blessed and Exalted, and
Moses,
till He said: There are five Prayers every day and
night. O
Muhammad,
each being credited as ten, so that makes fifty
Prayers. He who intends to do a good deed and does
not do it will have a good deed recorded for him;
and if he does it, it will be recorded for him as
ten; whereas he who intends to do an evil deed and
does not do, it will not be recorded for him; and
if he does it, only one evil deed will be
recorded. I then came down and when I came to
Moses
and informed him, he said: Go back to your Lord
and ask Him to make duty lighter. Upon this
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
remarked: I returned to my Lord until I felt
abashed before Him. |