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Friday 26 March 2010

Shab_e_Meraj

The Night of Ascension regarding Hadiths:

The story of the Al-Miraj goes that the beloved Prophet (PBUH) was asleep one night towards the end of his prophetic course in Makkah when he was wakened by the angel Gabriel(as) who cleansed his heart before bidding him alight on a angelic horse named Buraq.

Sahih Muslim, Vol. 1, p. 101
I was brought al-Burg who is an animal white and long, larger than a donkey but smaller than a mule, who would place his hoof at a distance equal to the range of vision. I mounted it and came to the Temple (Bait-ul Maqdis in Jerusalem), then tethered it to the ring used by the prophets.

The journey from Makkah to Jerusalem is known as al-Isra, "the night journey". At Jerusalem the Prophet(PBUH) was tested in the following way by Gabriel(as).

Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 6, p. 196
Allah's Apostle was presented with two cups, one containing wine and the other milk on the night of his night journey at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the milk. Gabriel said, "Thanks to Allah Who guided you to the Fitra (i.e. Islam); if you had taken the wine, your followers would have gone astray".

After this began al-Mi'raj, "the ascent". The Prophet(PBUH) passed the sea of kawthar, the sea of "abundance", and then met various prophets, from Adam(as) to Abraham(as), as well as a variety of angels as he passed through the seven heavens. After this Gabriel(as) took him to the heavenly lote-tree on the boundary of the heavens before the throne of Allah.

Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 5, p. 147
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. Gabriel said, "This is the lote-tree of the utmost boundary".

Gabriel(as) and Buraq could go no further but the Beloved Prophet(PBUH) went on to the presence of Allah where he was commanded to order the Muslims to pray fifty times a day:

Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 1, p. 213
Then Allah enjoined fifty prayers on my followers. When I returned with this order of Allah, I passed by Moses who asked me, "What has Allah enjoined on your followers?" I replied, "He has enjoined fifty prayers on them". Moses said "Go back to your Lord (and appeal for reduction) for your followers will not be able to bear it".

The Prophet(PBUH) went back and forth between Allah and Moses(as) till the prayers were reduced to five per day. Moses(as) then told him to seek yet a further reduction but The prophet stopped at this point and answered Moses:

Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasulullah, p. 187
I replied that I had been back to my Lord and asked him to reduce the number until I was ashamed, and I would not do it again.

Allah then said whoever observed the five times of prayer daily would receive the reward of fifty prayers. The Prophet(PBUH) then saw some of the delights of paradise as he returned to Gabriel(as) and Buraq and then beheld the torments of the damned before going back to his home in Makkah that same night. This, briefly, is the narrative of the ascent.

The Qur'an also supports this miraculous journey.

Glory to (God) Who did take His Servant for a Journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque whose precincts We did bless, - in order that We might show him some of Our Signs: for He is the One Who heareth and seeth (all things). Surah 17.1

The "Sacred Mosque" (al-masjidul-haram) is interpreted to be the Ka'aba at Makkah and the "Farthest Mosque" (al-masjidul- aqsa) the Temple at Jerusalem. The great mosque which presently stands next to the Dome of the Rock is accordingly known today as the "al-Aqsa" mosque.
Ill try to get more reference InshaAllah, that will explain the story in details.
JazzakAllah
Question : If it was possible to travel faster then the speed of light, would time reverse itself (like backwards time travel) or just not exist?
Answer : The problem with this question is that you can't say, 'Hey, what would happen if you could go faster than the speed of light?' because that's totally "physically" impossible. It's not possible to go faster than the speed of light, so the laws of physics can't possibly say what would happen if you imagine things that way in some hypothetical universe. Physics is a complete package: once you decide to ignore one physical law, you're ignoring them all.
You run into a similar problem when you ask 'What if I could divide by zero?' or 'What if I went back in time and killed my grandfather before I was born?' There's no answer, because the question doesn't make any sense.
Of course, this doesn't bother the writers of Star Trek. They go faster than the speed of light every show and travel into the past like it's a trip to Disneyland. This brings up an interesting point, however: The idea of a space-warping engine is NOT entirely a bad one! Warping space would allow you to travel as if you were moving faster than light by changing the structure of the universe, at least temporarily. You would end up in a certain location much faster than if you travelled there the 'normal way,' kind of like a secret passage. Happily for relativity, you would STILL not actually be travelling faster than the speed of light in local space, so Einstein's 'speed limit' still holds.
The point is that though it's fun to think about and enjoy in science fiction, truly going faster than the speed of light is a violation of the laws of physics and therefore can not really be discussed by physics. I can't say time would reverse itself or not exist or anything because those aren't even options. It's like if I invited you out to dinner and you told me you absolutely couldn't come, but then I asked you whether you were going to have the soup or the salad!
One of the reasons that prevent any object with a mass going at or faster than the speed of light is that the mass is not constant - it increases with velocity and it goes to infinity at the speed of light. So that eventually you need infinite amounts of energy to accelerate infinite mass past the speed of light mark! (and as far as I know we have yet to find an infinite source of energy.
As we know Allah Subhanuwatala is not bound by any of these created laws. There is no measurement of what He could do and what he can bestow on his creation. The Buraq and Raf-Raf are both made of Noor (light), therefore the laws of physics as we understand them do not apply to them as well.
One of the reasons why the people of Makkah denied the Miraj is because the fastest modes of transport they had were horses and Camels. Over the centuries speeds of transport have increased greatly to thousands of miles per hour.
On the Miraj the Prophet on his way to Jerusalem saw Musa praying in his grave. When he reached Jerusalem all the Prophets were in Masjid al-Aqsa ready to be lead by the Imam of the Prophet's , Muhammad-ur-Rasoolallah . Musa was also there, which shows that the speed at which Prophets can travel, with the blessing of Allah Subhanuwatala is much greater than the Buraq. Imagine the speed of travel if the Holy Prophet went on the blessing Allah Subhanuwatala has given them. Sunhanallah!
When you call someone as a guest, in order to show his importants you send a means of transport, therefore Allah Subhanuwatala sent a Noorani Buraq and a guide Jibraeel . Subhanallah! we cannot begin to understand the greatness of the Holy Prophet , let alone Allah Subhanuwatals greatness.
If I have said anything wrong may Allah Subhanuwatala forgive me, Ameen. Allah Knows Best!


It was this night, on which our belove Prophet(PBUH) went to Skies in Buraq and met all earlier Prophets(May Allah Pleased With them).
It was the night on which Prophet(PBUH) met Allah
It was the night, on which 5 time Prayers were get compulsary on us.
So celebrate this night with great happiness and Pray the Nawafils and pray for all ur friends and family
coz on this night, Angels are gonna come to our house with blessings of God

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