1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,359 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,359 --> 00:00:12,970 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 3 00:00:12,970 --> 00:00:21,219 A Summary of the Prophetic biography. 4 00:00:21,219 --> 00:00:25,300 The affirmation of Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him. 5 00:00:25,300 --> 00:00:31,620 The Night Journey of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 6 00:00:31,620 --> 00:00:35,219 Al-Hakim recorded it in Al-Mustadrak with a weak chain of narration. 7 00:00:35,259 --> 00:00:38,619 On the authority of 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: 8 00:00:38,619 --> 00:00:42,100 When the Prophet, peace be upon him, was taken on the Night Journey 9 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:44,340 to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, 10 00:00:44,340 --> 00:00:47,500 people began talking about it the next morning. 11 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:52,219 Some who had believed in him and affirmed his truth turned back on their faith, 12 00:00:52,219 --> 00:00:56,500 and they hurried to Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him. 13 00:00:56,500 --> 00:01:00,140 They said, "Will you not go to your companion? 14 00:01:00,140 --> 00:01:04,939 He claims that he was taken on a journey last night to Jerusalem." 15 00:01:04,980 --> 00:01:08,019 He asked, "Did he really say that?" 16 00:01:08,019 --> 00:01:09,840 They replied, "Yes." 17 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:14,739 He said, "If he said that, then he has spoken the truth." 18 00:01:14,739 --> 00:01:20,260 They asked, "Do you believe that he went to Jerusalem last night 19 00:01:20,260 --> 00:01:22,819 and returned before morning?" 20 00:01:22,819 --> 00:01:24,780 He, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 21 00:01:24,780 --> 00:01:25,900 "Yes. 22 00:01:25,900 --> 00:01:29,900 I believe him in matters even further than that; 23 00:01:29,900 --> 00:01:34,500 I believe him regarding the news of heaven, whether it comes in the morning or the evening." 24 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:39,000 It is for this reason that he was named Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (The Truthful). 25 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:45,799 Imam Al-Tahawi asserted that the reason for naming Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, Al-Siddiq 26 00:01:45,799 --> 00:01:50,680 was his precedence over others in affirming the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 27 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,239 regarding the Night Journey to Jerusalem. 28 00:01:53,239 --> 00:01:54,599 He said: 29 00:01:54,599 --> 00:01:57,799 "Because being the first to attain knowledge of things 30 00:01:57,799 --> 00:02:01,239 confers virtue upon those who are first to them, 31 00:02:01,239 --> 00:02:04,680 just as it was established for Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, 32 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:10,199 by his precedence over the people in affirming the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 33 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:13,520 regarding his arrival at Jerusalem from Makkah 34 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:18,280 and his return from there to his home in Makkah in that same night, 35 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,439 until he was named Al-Siddiq because of it. 36 00:02:21,439 --> 00:02:27,120 Even though all believers bear witness for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 37 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,629 to the same truth once they are informed of it." 38 00:02:30,669 --> 00:02:34,990 Al-Bayhaqi narrated in Dala'il al-Nubuwwah with a sound chain of narration 39 00:02:34,990 --> 00:02:38,629 from Shaddad ibn Aws, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 40 00:02:38,629 --> 00:02:42,750 "We asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, how were you taken on the Night Journey?' 41 00:02:42,750 --> 00:02:43,949 He said: 42 00:02:43,949 --> 00:02:48,949 'I prayed the night prayer (al-'atamah) with my companions in Makkah. 43 00:02:48,949 --> 00:02:53,150 Then Jibril, peace be upon him, came to me with a white beast, 44 00:02:53,150 --> 00:02:56,110 larger than a donkey and smaller than a mule.'" 45 00:02:56,110 --> 00:02:59,349 He then mentioned the story of the Night Journey and the Ascension. 46 00:02:59,389 --> 00:03:00,789 Then he said: 47 00:03:00,789 --> 00:03:04,550 "Then I returned to my companions before morning in Makkah. 48 00:03:04,550 --> 00:03:08,509 Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, came to me and said: 49 00:03:08,509 --> 00:03:11,990 'O Messenger of Allah, where were you last night? 50 00:03:11,990 --> 00:03:14,849 I looked for you in your place.' 51 00:03:14,849 --> 00:03:17,770 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 52 00:03:17,770 --> 00:03:21,849 'Do you know that I went to Jerusalem tonight?' 53 00:03:21,849 --> 00:03:26,250 He said, 'O Messenger of Allah, it is a month's journey. 54 00:03:26,250 --> 00:03:27,889 Describe it to me.' 55 00:03:27,930 --> 00:03:29,050 He said: 56 00:03:29,050 --> 00:03:32,969 'It was revealed to me, and I looked at it as if I were seeing it. 57 00:03:32,969 --> 00:03:37,120 He did not ask me about anything except that I informed him of it.' 58 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,120 Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 59 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,129 'I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah.'" 60 00:03:43,129 --> 00:03:45,009 The polytheists said: 61 00:03:45,009 --> 00:03:47,650 "Look at the son of Abu Kabshah; 62 00:03:47,650 --> 00:03:51,500 he claims he went to Jerusalem tonight!" 63 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:55,379 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 64 00:03:55,379 --> 00:03:58,020 "Among the signs of what I tell you 65 00:03:58,020 --> 00:04:02,379 is that I passed by a caravan of yours at such-and-such a place. 66 00:04:02,379 --> 00:04:04,659 They had lost a camel of theirs, 67 00:04:04,659 --> 00:04:06,819 and so-and-so found it. 68 00:04:06,819 --> 00:04:11,139 Their route is that they will stop at such-and-such a place, then such-and-such, 69 00:04:11,139 --> 00:04:14,139 and they will arrive on such-and-such a day, 70 00:04:14,139 --> 00:04:16,660 led by a reddish-brown camel, 71 00:04:16,660 --> 00:04:21,300 carrying two black sacks." 72 00:04:21,300 --> 00:04:23,660 When that day arrived, 73 00:04:23,660 --> 00:04:26,139 people went out to watch and wait, 74 00:04:26,139 --> 00:04:29,420 until it was near midday, 75 00:04:29,420 --> 00:04:31,699 and the caravan approached, 76 00:04:31,699 --> 00:04:38,540 led by that very camel the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had described. 77 00:04:38,540 --> 00:04:40,939 Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said: 78 00:04:40,939 --> 00:04:44,579 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, witnessed 79 00:04:44,579 --> 00:04:48,100 on that night signs and matters 80 00:04:48,100 --> 00:04:51,259 that, had anyone else seen them or even some of them, 81 00:04:51,259 --> 00:04:54,889 they would have become bewildered or lost their senses. 82 00:04:54,930 --> 00:04:59,410 But he, peace be upon him, remained calm, 83 00:04:59,410 --> 00:05:02,970 fearing that if he began by telling his people what he had seen, 84 00:05:02,970 --> 00:05:05,649 they would hasten to call him a liar. 85 00:05:05,649 --> 00:05:08,050 So he was gentle by informing them first 86 00:05:08,050 --> 00:05:11,610 that he had come to Jerusalem that night." 87 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:18,470 A Summary of the Prophetic biography, 88 00:05:18,470 --> 00:05:23,290 authored by Sheikh Musa ibn Rashid Al-'Azimi, 89 00:05:23,290 --> 00:05:29,149 and presented by the Mawaddah Association in the Kingdom of Bahrain. 90 00:05:54,379 --> 00:05:58,079 May Allah heal him.