Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
✦ Part 22 - Seerat un Nabee Sal-Allahu Alaihi Wasallam
✦ 4. Al-isra wa Al-Mairaj
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✦ Then Jibril Alaihi Salam ascended with me to the seventh heaven. and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Jibril Alaihi Salam replied, 'Jibril Alaihi Salam.' It was asked,' Who is accompanying you ?' Jibril Alaihi Salam replied, ‘Muhammad Sal-Allahu Alaihi Wasallam.’ It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Jibril Alaihi Salam replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' So when I went (over the seventh heaven), there I saw Ibrahim Alaihi salam Jibril Alaihi Salam said (to me), 'This is your father; pay your greetings to him.' So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious son and pious Prophet.'
✦ Then I was made to ascend to Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (i.e. the Lote Tree of the utmost boundary) Behold! Its fruits were like the jars of Hajr (i.e. a place near Medina) and its leaves were as big as the ears of elephants. Jibril Alaihi Salam said, 'This is the Lote Tree of the utmost boundary) . Behold ! There ran four rivers, two were hidden and two were visible, I asked, 'What are these two kinds of rivers, O Jibril Alaihi Salam?' He replied,' As for the hidden rivers, they are two rivers in Paradise and the visible rivers are the Nile and the Euphrates.'
✦ Then Al-Bait-ul-Ma'mur (i.e. the Sacred House) was shown to me and a container full of wine and another full of milk and a third full of honey were brought to me. I took the milk. Jibril Alaihi Salam remarked, 'This is the Islamic religion which you and your followers are following.' Then the prayers were enjoined on me: They were fifty prayers a day. When I returned, I passed by Moses who asked (me), 'What have you been ordered to do?' I replied, 'I have been ordered to offer fifty prayers a day.' Moses said, 'Your followers cannot bear fifty prayers a day, and by Allah, I have tested people before you, and I have tried my level best with Bani Israel (in vain). Go back to your Lord and ask for reduction to lessen your followers' burden.'
Sahih Bukhari , Book 58, 227
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