WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.439 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:12.980 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:23.949 A summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah). 00:00:23.949 --> 00:00:28.339 The Night Journey and the Ascension (al-Isra' wal-Mi'raj). 00:00:28.339 --> 00:00:33.539 Allah, glorified and exalted be He, honored His Messenger, peace be upon him, 00:00:33.539 --> 00:00:36.420 with the journey of the Night Journey and the Ascension. 00:00:36.500 --> 00:00:40.500 This took place after many long years of calling people to the faith. 00:00:40.500 --> 00:00:43.460 This blessed journey served 00:00:43.460 --> 00:00:48.340 as a reward for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:00:48.340 --> 00:00:54.289 so that Allah might show him his status and rank before Allah, the Majestic. 00:00:54.289 --> 00:00:56.689 Imam Ibn al-Qayyim said: 00:00:56.689 --> 00:01:01.490 The honor bestowed upon the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, through the Night Journey 00:01:01.490 --> 00:01:04.209 was a surprise without prior appointment, 00:01:04.209 --> 00:01:06.769 to relieve him of the pain of anticipation, 00:01:06.769 --> 00:01:09.569 and to surprise him with this honor suddenly. 00:01:09.569 --> 00:01:14.370 Allah, glorified and exalted be He, mentioned the Night Journey in Surah al-Isra'. 00:01:14.370 --> 00:01:15.810 He, the Exalted, said: 00:01:15.810 --> 00:01:27.569 “Glorified be He Who carried His servant by night from the Inviolable Place of Worship to the Far distant place of worship the neighbourhood whereof We have blessed, that We might show him of Our tokens! Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer.” (17:1) 00:01:27.569 --> 00:01:33.489 “Glorified be He Who carried His servant by night from the Inviolable Place of Worship to the Far distant place of worship the neighbourhood whereof We have blessed, that We might show him of Our tokens! Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer.” (17:1) 00:01:33.489 --> 00:01:38.209 Indeed, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. 00:01:38.209 --> 00:01:42.689 And He, glorified be He, mentioned the Ascension in Surah al-Najm. 00:01:42.689 --> 00:01:44.370 He, the Exalted, said: 00:01:44.370 --> 00:01:47.810 “Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he seeth?” (53:12) 00:01:47.810 --> 00:01:54.129 And he certainly saw him in another descent at the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, 00:01:54.129 --> 00:01:57.489 near which is the Garden of Refuge, 00:01:57.489 --> 00:02:00.769 when there covered the Lote Tree that which covered it. 00:02:00.769 --> 00:02:03.969 “The eye turned not aside nor yet was overbold.” (53:17) 00:02:03.969 --> 00:02:08.610 He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord. 00:02:08.610 --> 00:02:10.770 Imam al-Qurtubi said: 00:02:10.770 --> 00:02:14.449 The Night Journey is established in all the collections of hadith. 00:02:14.449 --> 00:02:18.370 It was narrated from the Companions in all regions of the Islamic world, 00:02:18.370 --> 00:02:21.629 and it is therefore considered mutawatir (mass-transmitted) in this regard. 00:02:21.629 --> 00:02:24.030 Imam Ibn al-Qayyim said: 00:02:24.030 --> 00:02:30.430 The authentic hadiths, upon whose authenticity and acceptance the Ummah has reached consensus, are mass-transmitted, 00:02:30.590 --> 00:02:35.469 confirming that the Prophet, peace be upon him, was ascended to his Lord, 00:02:35.469 --> 00:02:38.509 that he passed beyond the seven heavens, 00:02:38.509 --> 00:02:41.710 and that he went back and forth between Musa, peace be upon him, 00:02:41.710 --> 00:02:44.669 and Allah, the Almighty, repeatedly, 00:02:44.669 --> 00:02:47.469 regarding the matter of the prayer and its reduction. 00:02:47.469 --> 00:02:55.710 The disagreement regarding the timing of this journey. 00:02:55.710 --> 00:03:00.669 There is much disagreement regarding the timing of the Night Journey and the Ascension. 00:03:00.669 --> 00:03:04.270 Nothing is firmly established regarding its specific timing. 00:03:04.349 --> 00:03:07.229 Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: 00:03:07.229 --> 00:03:13.550 No known evidence exists regarding its month, its ten-day period, or its specific day. 00:03:13.550 --> 00:03:19.229 Rather, we say that the reports regarding this are disconnected and contain nothing definitive. 00:03:19.229 --> 00:03:21.469 Al-Hafiz said in al-Fath: 00:03:21.469 --> 00:03:24.110 There is disagreement regarding the time of the Ascension. 00:03:24.110 --> 00:03:26.990 It was said that it occurred before the mission of the Prophet, 00:03:26.990 --> 00:03:28.590 but this is an anomalous view, 00:03:28.590 --> 00:03:32.830 unless it is interpreted as having occurred then in a dream. 00:03:32.909 --> 00:03:37.099 The majority hold that it was after the mission of the Prophet. 00:03:37.099 --> 00:03:38.620 Then they disagreed: 00:03:38.620 --> 00:03:41.340 Some said it was one year before the migration (Hijrah), 00:03:41.340 --> 00:03:43.580 as stated by Ibn Sa'd and others, 00:03:43.580 --> 00:03:45.979 and al-Nawawi asserted this. 00:03:45.979 --> 00:03:49.419 Ibn Hazm went to the extreme of claiming consensus on this, 00:03:49.419 --> 00:03:51.020 but this is rejected, 00:03:51.020 --> 00:03:53.819 for there is much disagreement on the matter, 00:03:53.819 --> 00:03:56.219 amounting to more than ten different opinions. 00:04:03.740 --> 00:04:07.650 Shaykh Musa al-Rashid al-'Azimi presents, 00:04:07.650 --> 00:04:11.569 with the support of the Mawaddah Association, 00:04:11.569 --> 00:04:14.590 in the Kingdom of Bahrain. 00:04:14.590 --> 00:04:21.459 The longing of the worlds for one another is prolonged, 00:04:21.459 --> 00:04:28.509 for the longing toward you has no limit. 00:04:28.509 --> 00:04:34.509 May the blessings of Allah be upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised, 00:04:35.089 --> 00:04:43.120 and lips move with the remainder of the praise.