Volume 9, Book 93, Number 608:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The night Allah’s Apostle was taken for a journey from the sacred mosque (of Mecca) Al-Ka’ba:
Three persons came to him (in a dreamy while he was sleeping in the Sacred Mosque before the Di –
vine Inspiration was revealed to Him. One of them said, “Which of them is he?” The middle (second)
angel said, “He is the best of them.” The last (third) angle said, “Take the best of them.” Only that
much happened on that night and he did not see them till they came on another night, i.e. after The
Divine Inspiration was revealed to him. (Fateh-Al-Bari Page 258, Vol. 17) and he saw them, his eyes
were asleep but his heart was not—-and so is the case with the prophets: their eyes sleep while
their hearts do not sleep. So those angels did not talk to him till they carried him and placed him be –
side the well of Zam-Zam. From among them Gabriel took charge of him. Gabriel cut open (the part
of his body) between his throat and the middle of his chest (heart) and took all the material out of his
chest and abdomen and then washed it with Zam-Zam water with his own hands till he cleansed the
inside of his body, and then a gold tray containing a gold bowl full of belief and wisdom was brought
and then Gabriel stuffed his chest and throat blood vessels with it and then closed it (the chest). He
then ascended with him to the heaven of the world and knocked on one of its doors.
The dwellers of the Heaven asked, ‘Who is it?’ He said, “Gabriel.” They said, “Who is accompanying
you?” He said, “Muhammad.” They said, “Has he been called?” He said, “Yes” They said, “He is wel –
comed.” So the dwellers of the Heaven became pleased with his arrival, and they did not know what
Allah would do to the Prophet on earth unless Allah informed them. The Prophet met Adam over the
nearest Heaven. Gabriel said to the Prophet, “He is your father; greet him.” The Prophet greeted him
and Adam returned his greeting and said, “Welcome, O my Son! O what a good son you are!” Behold,
he saw two flowing rivers, while he was in the nearest sky. He asked, “What are these two rivers, O
Gabriel?” Gabriel said, “These are the sources of the Nile and the Euphrates.”
Then Gabriel took him around that Heaven and behold, he saw another river at the bank of which
there was a palace built of pearls and emerald. He put his hand into the river and found its mud like
musk Adhfar. He asked, “What is this, O Gabriel?” Gabriel said, “This is the Kauthar which your Lord
has kept for you.” Then Gabriel ascended (with him) to the second Heaven and the angels asked the
same questions as those on the first Heaven, i.e., “Who is it?” Gabriel replied, “Gabriel”. They asked,
“Who is accompanying you?” He said, “Muhammad.” They asked, “Has he been sent for?” He said,
“Yes.” Then they said, “He is welcomed.” Then he (Gabriel) ascended with the Prophet to the third
Heaven, and the angels said the same as the angels of the first and the second Heavens had said.
Then he ascended with him to the fourth Heaven and they said the same; and then he ascended
with him to the fifth Heaven and they said the same; and then he ascended with him to the sixth
Heaven and they said the same; then he ascended with him to the seventh Heaven and they said the
same. On each Heaven there were prophets whose names he had mentioned and of whom I remem –
ber Idris on the second Heaven, Aaron on the fourth Heavens another prophet whose name I don’t
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remember, on the fifth Heaven, Abraham on the sixth Heaven, and Moses on the seventh Heaven be –
cause of his privilege of talking to Allah directly. Moses said (to Allah), “O Lord! I thought that none
would be raised up above me.”
But Gabriel ascended with him (the Prophet) for a distance above that, the distance of which only
Allah knows, till he reached the Lote Tree (beyond which none may pass) and then the Irresistible,
the Lord of Honor and Majesty approached and came closer till he (Gabriel) was about two bow
lengths or (even) nearer. (It is said that it was Gabriel who approached and came closer to the
Prophet. (Fate Al-Bari Page 263, 264, Vol. 17). Among the things which Allah revealed to him then,
was: “Fifty prayers were enjoined on his followers in a day and a night.”
Then the Prophet descended till he met Moses, and then Moses stopped him and asked, “O
Muhammad ! What did your Lord en join upon you?” The Prophet replied,” He enjoined upon me to
perform fifty prayers in a day and a night.” Moses said, “Your followers cannot do that; Go back so
that your Lord may reduce it for you and for them.” So the Prophet turned to Gabriel as if he wanted
to consult him about that issue. Gabriel told him of his opinion, saying, “Yes, if you wish.” So Gabriel
ascended with him to the Irresistible and said while he was in his place, “O Lord, please lighten our
burden as my followers cannot do that.” So Allah deducted for him ten prayers where upon he re –
turned to Moses who stopped him again and kept on sending him back to his Lord till the enjoined
prayers were reduced to only five prayers.
Then Moses stopped him when the prayers had been reduced to five and said, “O Muhammad! By
Allah, I tried to persuade my nation, Bani Israel to do less than this, but they could not do it and gave
it up. However, your followers are weaker in body, heart, sight and hearing, so return to your Lord
so that He may lighten your burden.”
The Prophet turned towards Gabriel for advice and Gabriel did not disapprove of that. So he as –
cended with him for the fifth time. The Prophet said, “O Lord, my followers are weak in their bodies,
hearts, hearing and constitution, so lighten our burden.” On that the Irresistible said, “O
Muhammad!” the Prophet replied, “Labbaik and Sa’daik.” Allah said, “The Word that comes from Me
does not change, so it will be as I enjoined on you in the Mother of the Book.” Allah added, “Every
good deed will be rewarded as ten times so it is fifty (prayers) in the Mother of the Book (in reward)
but you are to perform only five (in practice).”
The Prophet returned to Moses who asked, “What have you done?” He said, “He has lightened our
burden: He has given us for every good deed a tenfold reward.” Moses said, “By Allah! I tried to make
Bani Israel observe less than that, but they gave it up. So go back to your Lord that He may lighten
your burden further.” Allah’s Apostle said, “O Moses! By Allah, I feel shy of returning too many times
to my Lord.” On that Gabriel said, “Descend in Allah’s Name.” The Prophet then woke while he was in
the Sacred Mosque (at Mecca).
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Volume 9, Book 93, Number 565:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Ad-Dajjal will come to Medina and find the angels guarding it. If Allah will,
neither Ad-Dajjal nor plague will be able to come near it.”
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Volume 9, Book 93, Number 533:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Apostle sent for the Ansar and gathered them in a tent and said to them, “Be patient till you
meet Allah and His Apostle, and I will be on the lake-Tank (Al-Kauthar).”
Volume 9, Book 93, Number 517:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Verse of Al-Hijab (veiling of women) was revealed in connection with Zainab bint Jahsh. (On
the day of her marriage with him) the Prophet gave a wedding banquet with bread and meat; and
she used to boast before other wives of the Prophet and used to say, “Allah married me (to the Proph –
et in the Heavens.”
Volume 9, Book 92, Number 433:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Mountain of Uhud came in sight of Allah’s Apostle who then said, “This is a mountain that
loves us and is loved by us. O Allah! Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary and I make the area between
its (Medina’s) two mountains a sanctuary.”
Volume 9, Book 92, Number 431:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Apostle said, “O Allah! Bestow Your Blessings on their measures, and bestow Your Blessings
on their Sa’ and Mudd.” He meant those of the people of Medina.
Volume 9, Book 92, Number 429:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Apostle used to perform the ‘Asr prayer and then one could reach the ‘Awali (a place in the
outskirts of Medina) while the sun was still quite high.
Narrated Yunus: The distance of the ‘Awali (from Medina) was four or three miles.
Volume 9, Book 92, Number 397:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet came out after the sun had declined and offered the Zuhr prayer (in congregation).
After finishing it with Taslim, he stood on the pulpit and mentioned the Hour and mentioned there
would happen great events before it. Then he said, “Whoever wants to ask me any question, may do
so, for by Allah, you will not ask me about anything but I will inform you of its answer as long as I
am at this place of mine.” On this, the Ansar wept violently, and Allah’s Apostle kept on saying, “Ask
Me! ” Then a man got up and asked, ”Where will my entrance be, O Allah’s Apostle?” The Prophet
said, “(You will go to) the Fire.” Then ‘Abdullah bin Hudhaifa got up and asked, “Who is my father, O
Allah’s Apostle?” The Prophet replied, “Your father is Hudhaifa.” The Prophet then kept on saying
(angrily), “Ask me! Ask me!” ‘Umar then knelt on his knees and said, “We have accepted Allah as our
Lord and Islam as our religion and Muhammad as an Apostle.” Allah’s Apostle became quiet when
‘Umar said that. Then Allah’s Apostle said, “By Him in Whose Hand my life is, Paradise and Hell were
displayed before me across this wall while I was praying, and I never saw such good and evil as I
have seen today.”