Isra and Miraj

Glory be to Him, Who transported His Servant one night from the
Masjid-i-Haram to Masjid Al Aqsa, whose surroundings We have
blessed, so that we might show him some of Our Signs; the fact is
that He alone is All-Hearing and All-Seeing.
Surah Isra

MIRAJ
• 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

In perspective…
• Aam ul Huzn - Death of his Wife Khadijah
and Uncle Abu Talib.
• Unsuccessful trip to Taif – Incident of Taif
was the most difficult one in his life.
• Prophet (S) shows humility and
forgiveness to people of Taif and turns
towards Allah for dua.
• To show Prophet (S) the Great Signs of
Allah.

The Pure Heart of Prophet (S)
• The Prophet(S)’s chest was cleft open by Jibraeel (as),
his heart extracted and washed with the water of
Zamzam in a golden bowl.
• He filled it with “Imaan” – knowledge, forbearance,
wisdom, faith and conviction.

The Buraaq
• Buraaq was presented as a ride.
• Buraaq is derived from the word "bareeq" which
means "white " in Arabic.
• According to another view, its origin lies in the
word "barq " which means "lightning", the speed
of which is well-known; hence the name Buraaq.
• It was bigger than a donkey but smaller than
mule.

Prayer in Jerusalem
• He became the leader of all the Prophets and led
them in prayer.

The Bowl of Milk
• “I prayed two rak’ahs in Al-Aqsa
Mosque and then went out, and
Jibreel brought me a vessel of
wine and a vessel of milk. I chose
the milk, and Jibreel said, ‘You
have chosen the natural thing.’”
(Muslim)
• The Prophet’s choice emphasizes
fitrah or pure nature.

Ascension to the Heavens
• The doors of the heavens became
apparent to Prophet (S) which
were closed.
• Guardian angels asked who is
there. Gabriel told his name.
• He was asked who is with him?
• He said, "Mohammad (SAW)”
• He was asked,” Is he invited?”
• He answered, “Yes”. Then the
door was opened and he was
welcomed.

First Heaven
• Prophet (S) 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.
• Adam (as)1st Heaven

• Prophet (S) greeted Isa(as)
and Yahya(as) with Salaam
and they replied back with
Salaam. Then they said,
“Welcome our righteous
brother and Nabi.”
Second Heaven
• Isa (as) & Yahya
(as)
2nd Heaven

Third Heaven
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)
• Yusuf (as)3rd Heaven
(as)
2nd Heaven

Prophet (S) greeted Idris (as) with
Salaam and he replied back with
Salaam. Then he said, “Welcome my
righteous brother and Nabi.”
Fourth Heaven
• Idris (as)4th Heaven
(as)
2nd Heaven

Fifth Heaven
Prophet (S) greeted Harun(as)
with Salaam and he replied back
with Salaam. Then he said,
“Welcome my righteous brother
and Nabi.”
• Haroon (as)5th Heaven
(as)
2nd Heaven

Sixth Heaven
Prophet 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).
• Musa (as)6th Heaven
(as)
2nd Heaven

Seventh Heaven
• 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.
• Ibrahim (as)7th Heaven
(as)
2nd Heaven

Bait Al Mamour
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.
• Ibrahim (as)7th Heaven
(as)
2nd Heaven

Jibraeel (as) in his True Form
• 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 Jibraeel (as).

The Keeper of Jahanam
• 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 19 nineteen angels under his command to oversee
Jahanam (Al Muddathir:30)

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.

The Divine Meeting
• Someone caused Prophet (S) to ascend (not Jibraeel (as))
• Prophet (S) could hear the sound of pen writing.
• The Pen was the very first of creation.
• Allah told the pen to write everything from the beginning of
creation to the end of the world.

Gifts from Allah (swt)
• 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 Jibraeel (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.

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.

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.

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."

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

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.

Next Day…
• Facing Abu Jahl in Kaaba he told him the story. Abu Jahl called
and gathered a crowd, and Prophet told them the same story.
• The people came to the Prophet(S) and asked him to describe
the details of Baitul Maqdis. Prophet (S) said "When the people of
Quraish did not believe me, I stood up in Al-Hijr and Allah displayed
Jerusalem in front of me, and I began describing it to them while I was
looking at it."
• Prophet (S) also supplied them with all the news about their
caravans and the routes of their camels.
• He also described a caravan looking for its lost camels. When
this caravan arrived they confirmed this.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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