Isra & Miraj, hope & reward

Precious Star

Junior Member
I am surprised there were no posts today about this momentous event, which came after our holy Prophet's Year of Sadness.

Here is a beautiful message of hope posted on Sidra Mushtaq's website Healing Hearts (she has a Facebook page and twitter feed, too)

Dear all. Al- Miraj Mubarak! Just like our beloved Rasul sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam was blessed with the night journey as an immense blessing and reward after a period of severe hardship and tribulations, I pray that all the hardships/tribulations you are facing or faced are rewarded with divine openings, gifts and blessings. Allahumma Amin!

Last night I had a feeling....I wanted to pray Tahajjud and I texted my friend in the UK to wake up for tahajjud, because I had a feeling that everything would be all right for both of us. I did not wake up for tahajjud :( but the next morning I saw this post on Healing Hearts, and realized why I felt the way I did.

Let's all pray for each other tonight.
 

Ron-Kid

HasbunAllahu wa ni`mal Wakil '
There is no doubt that the Isra’ and Mi’raaj (the Prophet’s Night Journey and Ascent into heaven) are two great signs of Allaah which point to the truthfulness of the His Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and the greatness of his status before Allaah. They are also signs of the great power of Allaah, and of His exalted position above His creation. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Glorified (and Exalted) be He (Allaah) [above all that (evil) they associate with Him]

Who took His slave (Muhammad) for a journey by night from Al‑Masjid Al‑Haraam (at Makkah) to Al‑Masjid Al‑Aqsa (in Jerusalem), the neighbourhood whereof We have blessed, in order that We might show him (Muhammad) of Our Ayaat (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc.). Verily, He is the All‑Hearer, the All‑Seer”

[al-Isra’ 17:1]

There are mutawaatir reports from the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) that he was taken up into the heavens, and their gates were opened for him, until he passed beyond the seventh heaven, where his Lord spoke to him as He willed, and enjoined the five daily prayers upon him. At first Allaah, may He be exalted, enjoined fifty prayers, but our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) kept going back and asking Him to reduce it, until He made them five, so they are five obligatory prayers but fifty in reward, because each good deed is rewarded tenfold. To Allaah be praise and thanks for all His blessings.

With regard to this night on which the Isra’ and Mi’raaj took place, there is nothing in the saheeh ahaadeeth to indicate that it is in Rajab or in any other month. Everything that has been narrated concerning a specific date for these events cannot be proven to have come from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) according to the scholars of hadeeth. Allaah has wise reasons for causing the people to forget it. Even if the date were proven, it would not be permissible for the Muslims to single it out for particular acts of worship, and it is not permissible for them to celebrate it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and his companions (may Allaah be pleased with them) did not celebrate it and they did not single it out in any way. If celebrating it was something that is prescribed in Islam, the Messenger would have told his ummah about that, either in word or in deed. If any such thing had happened, it would have been well known, and his companions would have transmitted the information to us. They narrated from their Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) everything that his ummah needs to know, and they did not neglect any aspect of the religion, rather they were the first ones to do anything good. If celebrating this night had been prescribed in Islam, they would have been the first people to do so. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was the most sincere of people, and he conveyed the message to the people in full, and he fulfilled the trust. If venerating and celebrating this night were part of the religion of Allaah, then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would have done that and would not have concealed it. Since no such thing happened, it is known that celebrating it and venerating it is not part of Islam at all. Allaah has perfected this ummah’s religion for it and has completed His favour upon them, and He condemns those who introduce things into the religion which Allaah has not ordained. Allaah says in His holy Book, in Soorat al-Maa’idah (interpretation of the meaning):

“This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion”

[al-Maa’idah 5:3]

And Allaah says in Soorat al-Shoora (interpretation of the meaning):
“Or have they partners with Allaah (false gods) who have instituted for them a religion which Allaah has not ordained?”

[al-Shoora 42:21]

In the saheeh ahaadeeth it is proven that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) warned against bid’ah (innovation) and stated clearly that it is misguidance, so as to show the ummah how serious the matter is and put them off it.

For example, it is narrated in al-Saheehayn from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever introduces anything into this matter of ours that is not part of it will have it rejected.” In a report narrated by Muslim it says: “Whoever does any action that is not part of this matter of ours will have it rejected.”

In Saheeh Muslim it is narrated that Jaabir (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to say in his khutbah on Friday: “The best of speech is the Book of Allaah and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). The worst of matters are those which are newly-invented, and every innovation is a going astray.” Al-Nasaa’i added with a jayyid isnaad: “and every going astray will be in the Fire.”

In al-Sunan it is narrated that al-‘Irbaad ibn Saariyah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) delivered an eloquent speech to us which melted our hearts and caused our eyes to flow with tears. We said: O Messenger of Allaah, it is as if it is a farewell address, so advise us. He said: “I advise you to fear Allaah, and to listen and obey, even if a slave is appointed over you. Whoever among you lives will see many differences, so I urge you to adhere to my Sunnah and the way of the rightly-guided caliphs who will come after me, and cling firmly to it. Beware of newly-invented matters, for every newly-invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is a going astray. And there are many ahaadeeth with a similar meaning.

Warnings against bid’ah (innovation) have been narrated from the companions of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and from the righteous salaf after them, because this is no more than adding things to the religion and instituting a religion that Allaah has not ordained, and it is an imitation of the enemies of Allaah, the Jews and the Christians, in their additions to their religions and introducing into them things that Allaah had not ordained. It also implies that there is something lacking in Islam, and that it is not complete, and it is well known that this leads to great mischief and evil, and goes against the verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion”

[al-Maa’idah 5:3]

It also goes against the ahaadeeth of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) which warn against innovation (bid’ah).

I hope that the evidence we have quoted will be sufficient to convince the seeker of truth that this bid’ah is wrong, i.e., the innovation of celebrating the night of the Isra’ and Mi’raaj, and that it is not part of the religion of Islam at all.

Because Allaah has enjoined being sincere towards the Muslims and explaining what Allaah has prescribed for them in their religion, and because it is haraam to conceal knowledge, I thought that I should point out this innovation, which is so widespread in many regions that people think it is part of the religion, to my Muslim brothers. Allaah is the One Whom we ask to set the affairs of all the Muslims straight, and to bless them with knowledge of Islam, and to help us and them to adhere steadfastly to the truth, and to forsake everything that goes against it, for He is able to do that. May Allaah send blessings and peace upon His slave and Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, and his family and companions.
 

Precious Star

Junior Member
I don't know about "celebrating" it. But it is one of the miracles in Islam and there is nothing wrong in remembering it, and reaping the lessons from it.
 

rahman2040

Junior Member
:salam2:

One more thing which many ask and are in dought..
CAN WE SEE GOD??


Here are a few references to the question. Hope this will answer
(al-An’am, 6:103 No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision:
He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things. ).
As you can study above, the Qur’an teaches: Vision comprehends Him not, but
He comprehends all vision

After the Prophet’s ascent to the heavens, peace be upon him, his Companions
asked him if he had seen God. It is reported on the authority of Abu Dharr
that, on one occasion, he answered: He is the Light. How do I see Him? (Sahih
al-Muslim, ‘Iman,’ 291; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 5, 147). And on another occasion,
he answered: I have seen a Light. (Muslim, Iman, 292). These statements
clarify the well-known saying, The light is the limit or veil of God (Muslim,
‘Iman,’ 293; Sunan Ibn Ma’ja, ‘Muqaddima,’ 13; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 4, 13).

Between us and God is the light which He created. All that we see we see by
that light, within that light—the light is the ground and environment and the
limit of our seeing, and that light shields or veils us from God. In fact, we
see but a part of that light of creation, we see but a part of what veils
Him.
Let us consider the matter from another direction. Ibrahim Haqqi says: ‘In
the whole universe of creation there is nothing that is either the like or
the equal or the contrary of God. God is Exalted above all form, in_deed
immune to and free from form.’

It is only because existing things have a like or an equal or a contrary that
we are able to distinguish them and perceive them. We know what is ‘long’
only against what is ‘short’ by comparison or contrast; similarly, we know
‘light’ only against what is ‘dark’. How then should we distinguish or
perceive One who has neither like, nor equal, nor contrary? This is the
meaning of the statement that God is Exalted above form.
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Quran 24:35
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth....
Quran 7:143
.... And when his Lord revealed His glory to the mountain He sent it crashing
down....

(al-An’am, 6:103 No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision:
He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things. ).

why does Allah say He is light of the heavens and the earth????
and what was it that He showed to the mountain????

as for the verse (6:103) mentioned then it is the vision of this world that
cannot encompass the "light" of Allah....
similarly as the vision and the brain in this world cannot encompass the
physical attributes of Paradise and Hell, but in the hereafter, that vision
will not remain same....

or maybe Allah will show Himself as a light to His people who enter
Paradise....
Allah knows the best....
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strive-may-i

Junior Member
:wasalam:
Dear Sister,

'The date though not clearly recorded, the event did happen, and there is no doubt about that. There must be a reason for the date not being recorded. And the reason must be that we should focus not on the date, but the significance and importance of Prophets journey on that night and our Journey on this planet. The Journey of Prophet on that night, brings the clarity to destination of our journey. Its the glimpse and proof of where our journey on earth ends, It also is a proof of the status and elevation of our Prophet among Prophets :saw:...... There is so much to that one night!' And so on the sermon went, after Isha Prayers, It was quite a refresher.

Here is another excerpt that I recollect from the sermon, I heard:
'On that night, the Prophet Musa(A), that Prophet of great strength guided our Prophet:saw: to reduce the daily prayers from 50 to 5.'

Now thats a good enough lesson for us all to be of help and use to each other, at the most testing of times. May Almighty give us the virtuous strength... Ameen

.....................

Dear all. Al- Miraj Mubarak! Just like our beloved Rasul sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam was blessed with the night journey as an immense blessing and reward after a period of severe hardship and tribulations, I pray that all the hardships/tribulations you are facing or faced are rewarded with divine openings, gifts and blessings. Allahumma Amin!
................. but the next morning I saw this post on Healing Hearts, and realized why I felt the way I did.

Let's all pray for each other tonight.
Yes. Thats what we should wish, guide, help and encourage each - other to. At end it becomes alright, thats what we all hope for. May Almighty make it all, right for us.... Ameen

Glad, for you :)
 

Manahelfatima

New Member
It is not calculated the blessings of this entire night at a glance. It is a beautiful gift for Muslims which may ask for forgiveness from Allah Almighty. That's why it has vital importance in Muslim lives.
 

Tabassum07

Smile for Allah
I don't know about "celebrating" it. But it is one of the miracles in Islam and there is nothing wrong in remembering it, and reaping the lessons from it.

:salam2:

No sis, there's nothing wrong in remembering it, except that we don't know what date it happened on - it's not recorded anywhere that the 27th of Rajab was when the Miraj/Isra took place.
 
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