isra wal mi'raj - the miraculous night journey

2. :

6. 1233 km

8. The Pure Heart of
Prophet (S.A)

9. The Buraaq

14. • Ibrahim (as)
7th
Heaven
• Musa (as)
6th
Heaven
• Haroon (as)
5th
Heaven
• Idris (as)
4th
Heaven
• Yusuf (as)
3rd
Heaven
• Isa (as) &
Yahya (as)
2nd
Heaven
• Adam (as)
1st
Heaven

15. • Prophet (SA) saw a man sitting.
He was told this is your father
Adam. He greeted him with
Salaam and Adam answered
him with Salaam. Then he said,
“Welcome my virtuous son and
virtuous Nabi”
• He had some people on right
side and when he looked at
them he smiled. When he
looked on people on his left
side he would cry.
• Prophet was told, on his right
side are people of Jannah and
on his left side are people of
Hellfire.
NABI
IBRAHIM
as
NABI MUSA as
NABI HARUN as
NABI YUSUF as
NABI IDRIS as
NABI ISA as dan NABI YAHYA as
NABI ADAM as

16. NABI
IBRAHIM
as
NABI MUSA as
NABI HARUN as
NABI YUSUF as
NABI IDRIS as
NABI ISA as & YAHYA as
NABI ADAM as

17. NABI
IBRAHIM
as
NABI MUSA as
NABI HARUN as
NABI YUSUF as
NABI YUSUF as
NABI ISA as dan NABI YAHYA as
NABI ADAM as
MI’RAJ
Prophet (S) met Nabi
Yusuf (as) here. He
greeted him with Salaam
and he replied with
Salaam. He said,
“Welcome to pious
brother and Nabi.”
Prophet (S) said,” He is
most beautiful in the
creatures of Allah. His
distinction in beauty is
like the distinction of
moon amongst the
stars.”(Tabrani)

18. NABI
IBRAHIM
as
NABI MUSA as
NABI HARUN as
NABI IDRIS as
NABI YUSUF as
NABI ISA as NABI YAHYA as
NABI ADAM as
MI’RAJ
Prophet (SA)
greeted Idris (as)
with Salaam and he
replied back with
Salaam. Then he
said, “Welcome my
righteous brother
and Nabi.”

19. NABI
IBRAHIM
as
NABI MUSA as
NABI HARUN as
NABI IDRIS as
NABI YUSUF as
NABI ISA as NABI YAHYA as
NABI ADAM as
MI’RAJ
Prophet (SA)
greeted
Harun(as) with
Salaam and he
replied back
with Salaam.
Then he said,
“Welcome my

20. NABI
IBRAHIM
as
NABI MUSA as
NABI HARUN as
NABI IDRIS as
NABI YUSUF as
NABI ISA as NABI YAHYA as
NABI ADAM as
MI’RAJ
Prophet (SA) greeted him with
Salaam and he replied with
Salaam. Then he said, “Welcome
to my righteous brother and
Nabi”. When the Prophet
proceeded, he started crying.
When asked why he cried. Musa
(as) replied that a Prophet came
after me. His followers will be
more in Jannah than my
followers. I feel sorry for them.
They did not follow me like the
followers of Mohammad (S).

21. NABI
IBRAHIM
as
NABI MUSA as
NABI HARUN as
NABI IDRIS as
NABI YUSUF as
NABI ISA as and NABI YAHYA as
NABI ADAM as
MI’RAJ
• Prophet (S) greeted him
with salaam and he
replied with salaam. He
said, “Welcome to my
righteous son and Nabi.”
• Ibrahim(as) said, “O
Muhammad! Convey my
salaam to your Ummah
and inform them
that undoubtedly the soil
of Jannah is pure, its
water is sweet.”
• Ibrahim (as) wants us to
know the beauty of
Jannah.

22. NABI
IBRAHIM
as
NABI MUSA as
NABI HARUN as
NABI IDRIS as
NABI YUSUF as
NABI ISA as NABI YAHYA as
NABI ADAM as
MI’RAJ
BAIT AL-MA’MUR
Bait ul Mamour (the
much frequented house)
which is like the Kabah on
this earth (including the
Hateem area)
Bait Al Mamour is
encompassed daily by
70,000 angels, so that the
angels who once
encompassed it would not
have their turn again till the
Resurrection.

23. Sidratul Muntahaa
• The word "Sidrah " in Arabic means "a lote tree “.
• While "Al-Muntahaa " denotes "furthest place” or
“ending”. It is the last frontier. End of creation.
• The leaves are like elephant ears and its fruit like big
earthenware vessels.
• It is decorated with golden butterflies, colors of the tree
cannot be described and kept on changing.
• Allah says ﴾ ‫ى‬ َ‫ْر‬‫ب‬ُ‫ك‬ْ‫ال‬ ِ‫ه‬ِ‫ب‬ َ‫ر‬ ِ‫ت‬‫ـ‬َ‫ي‬‫ا‬َ‫ء‬ ْ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ ‫ى‬َ‫أ‬َ‫ر‬ ْ‫د‬َ‫ق‬َ‫ل‬﴿
• Four rivers originated at its root, 2 are in this world (Nile
and Euphrates) and 2 in Paradise.
• Roots and trunk start in the sixth heaven and branches
finish in the seventh heaven.

24. NABI
IBRAHIM
as
NABI MUSA as
NABI HARUN as
NABI IDRIS as
NABI YUSUF as
NABI ISA as NABI YAHYA as
NABI ADAM as
MI’RAJ
BAIT AL-MA’MUR
SIDRAT AL-MUNTAHA

25. • Malik came upto the seventh heaven to meet Prophet
(S) and said salam to Prophet (S), and Prophet (S) replied
back.
• He had a cheerless frowning face.
• When he asked Jibraeel (as) who this angel was, he
replied, "This is Malik, the keeper of Jahannam. If he
were ever to smile at anyone before or after you, he
would certainly have smiled when meeting you. But
(truly) he does not smile at all”.
• Malik has nineteen angels under his command to
oversee Jahanam (Al Muddathir:30)

26. • Prophet (S) saw Jibraeel (as) in his
original form there.
• He encompassed the whole
horizon.
• He had 600 wings.
• Corals and Pearls were dripping
form the feathers of Jibreel (as).

27. • Someone caused Prophet (S)
to ascend [not Jibreel (as)]
• Prophet (S) could hear the
sound of pen writing.
• The Pen was the very first
of creation.

28. • The last two verses of Surah Baqarah.
• Promise of forgiveness for those who never committed any
Shirk.
• The Greatest Gift was the gift of Salah.
• The importance of this great gift
• the Prophet (S) was called personally to the heavens and
beyond to receive this injunction, whereas most other
injunctions were given on earth via Jibreel (as).
• Moreover, the fact that Jibraeel (as) descended the very
next day after Mi'raj to teach Prophet (S) the finer points
of the method of salah, highlights it's importance.

29. River of Kausar
• While walking in Jannah, Prophet (S) suddenly found himself along a
river.
• the banks of which are golden,
• it flows on rubies and corals and emeralds and pearls and diamonds
instead of pebbles,
• its earth smells sweeter than musk,
• its water is whiter than milk,
• cooler than snow,
• and sweeter than honey,
• On the Day of Judgement, the water jugs set at it will be as numerous as
the stars in the sky,
• the one who drinks from it would never thirst; and the one who is
deprived of it will never have his thirst satisfied.

30. House of Perfume in Jannah
• The Prophet smelled a sweet perfume
from a house in Jannah.
• He asked Jibreal (as) about it.
• It was a house of a woman whose duty
was to comb Pharaoh's daughter's hair.
• She was a good, pious believer.
• Pharaoh demanded this woman leave
Islam, but she refused.
• The Pharaoh killed her and her children
in boiling oil.
• She died a martyr.
• The house was her high status in
Paradise.

31. Admonitions and Punishments Witnessed
• Teaching without practicing: "lips were being slit with scissors of fire- they
are the khateebs who command people to do good deeds while forgetting
their own selves”.
• Slandering: "people who had fingernails of copper and they were raking
their own faces and chests with them."
• Consuming Interest: "people with bellies as huge as houses (in
which people stay) and inside their bellies were snakes which were visible
from the outside.“
• Fornication and Adultery: " These people were eating the decayed meat
and leaving the cooked meat untouched.“
• Abusing peoples trust: " A man who was struggling to carry a very
large bundle of wood which he was unable to bear, yet he wanted to carry
even more.“
• Witholding Zakaat: "They were eating Daree'(a thorny plant of the fire of
Jahannam) and Zaqqoom( a most bitter and foul smelling tree growing at
the bottom of Jahannam) and the smouldering stones of Jahannam."

32. All these punishments were shown to Prophet (S) so
that
• he may warn mankind to abandon sin and
transgression and
• encourage mankind to obedience and goodness.
Admonitions and Punishments Witnessed

33. Return to Makkah
• He returned to Makkah on Buraq.
• He told whole story to his cousin Umm
Hani. She asked him not to tell the
people since they will not believe him
and ridicule him. He left the house
saying that he will tell them.

35. Strength of a Believer
• The disbelievers went to see Abu Bakr(ra), and he readily
said: “Yes, I do verify it.” It was on this occasion that he
earned the title of As-Siddiq (the verifier of the truth).
• He said if Allah can send an angel to Prophet (S) every
day, He can also call Prophet (S) to visit the Heavens too.
• The lesson for us, the Muslims, is that if it is in the Qur’an
or reported authentically as a Sunnah, then we should
believe in it, and act upon it.

36. A Physical Journey
• The Prophet (S) took this journey in a fully
conscious state of mind,
• with body and soul, flesh and blood.
• The fact that disbelievers denied and made
fun of it, is enough to prove that Prophet (S)
told them he took this journey physically.

37. When did all this happen?
• Prevalent opinion of later scholars is that it falls on 27th Rajab.
• Other opinions;
• Shawal – 12th year of Prophethood (Tabari)
• 17th Ramadan – 12th year of Prophethood (Ibn Sa’ad)
• 17th Ramadan – 13th year of Prophethood (Baihaqi)
• There is no hadeeth to establish the date of Isra Al Miraj.
• Nor are there any narrations from any companions about any
specific date.
• Prophet (S) and his companions did not single out this event
nor did they celebrate it any way.

38. How do we celebrate Isra Al Miraj
• Celebrate it 5 times a day by offering Salah – the Greatest
Gift from Allah (SWT).
• Instead of Halwa, drink milk and follow the Sunnah.
• Strengthen our Imaan and character with obedience to
Allah (SWT).
• Abandon sin and keep away from what is disliked by Allah.
• Work towards our real goal – i.e. Jannah.
• Constantly remind ourselves that this Dunya is a testing
ground.
• Show patience in the face of adversity and kindness to
oppressors , following the example of Prophet (S).