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This episode is called Al-Isra’ wal -Mi'raj.
heaven with a winged horse?
Al-Isra’ wal-Mi’raj took place during a time when the Prophet (saw) was facing intense
Do Muslims really believe that the Prophet
hardship and pain. The Quraysh, who were his tribe and his family, constantly ridiculed,
Muhammad ascended to heaven on a winged
humiliated and oppressed the Prophet (saw) and his followers. Moreover, the Prophet (saw)
horse?
had just faced the Year of Sorrow (’Aam al-Huzn), during which he (saw) lost his beloved wife
Khadijah (ra), and his uncle Abu Talib, who was his protector and ally. Did Prophet Muhammad ever use a horse or
mule when he travelled in his journeys?
In addition to all these burdens, when the Prophet (saw) had travelled to Ta’if to spread the
Islamic message, the people of Ta’if had rejected him in the most cruel way, sending their How did Muhammad's winged horse manage to
children into the streets to stone him until he left the city. fly in the airless deep space into heaven?

Having gone through so much grief and suffering, the Prophet Muhammad (saw) was given a Add question
truly beautiful and comforting gift. He was transported not only to the Sacred Sanctuary and
through the skies, but ultimately into the Divine Presence, the source of all comfort and hope.
One of the most important lessons of Al-Isra’ wal-Mi’raj, therefore, is that ‘with every
hardship [there will be] ease’ (The Noble Qur’an, 94: 5).

Al-Isra’: From the Ka’bah to Al-Aqsa

When the Prophet (saw) was sleeping in the house of Umm Hani (ra) in Makkah he said, ‘the
roof of my house was opened and the Angel Jibril [as] descended’ (Bukhari). Scholars
reconciling between various narrations, say the Prophet (saw) was then taken to the Hijr, the
semi-circular wall of the Ka‘bah, where the Prophet (saw) said that Jibril (as), ‘opened my chest,
and washed it with Zamzam water. Then he brought a golden tray full of wisdom and faith, and
having poured its contents into my chest, he closed it’. [Bukhari]

The Prophet (saw) continued, ‘I was then brought a white beast which is called al-Buraq [from
the Arabic word barq, meaning lightning], bigger than a donkey and smaller than a mule. Its
stride was as long as the eye could reach’. [Muslim]

It is narrated by Anas (ra) that Buraq was, ‘saddled and reined, but he shied from him (saw). So
Jibril [as] said to him, “Is it from Muhammad [saw] that you do this? For nobody has ridden you
who is more honourable to Allah than him!” He said, “Then he started sweating profusely”’.
[Tirmidhi]

At several points along the journey, Jibra’eel (as) stopped Buraq and told the Prophet (saw),
‘Dismount and pray’. The first stop was at ‘the place of emigration’ i.e. Madinah - and soon
after this night the Prophet (saw) would meet the Ansar and migrate to Madinah. The second
stop was at Mount Sinai, where Allah (swt) revealed the Torah to Musa (as). The third stop
was at Bethlehem, where ’Isa (as) was born.

The fourth stop was the grave of Musa (as), ‘I happened to pass by Musa [as] on the night of
my Night journey by the red sandhill whilst he was standing praying in his grave’ (Muslim). We
know that his grave is located, ‘a stone’s throw’ away from the holy land of the Blessed Masjid
Al-Aqsa (Bukhari). This incident clearly shows us an example of what the Messenger of Allah
(saw) said about Prophets (as) after they pass away that, ‘The Prophets are alive in their graves
praying’ (Abu Ya‘la).

Arriving at Al-Aqsa

Finally, the Messenger of Allah (saw) arrived in the holy city of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and he said,
’When we reached Bait al-Maqdis [literally ‘the holy house’ another name for the Blessed
Masjid Al-Aqsa] Jibril (as) pointed with his finger causing a crack in the rock, and he tied the
Buraq to it [at the western wall of the noble sanctuary]’ (Tirmidhi). Waiting inside were all
124,000 Prophets (as). Jibra’eel (as) led the Prophet (saw) to the front, and he (saw) led them
all in prayer in this blessed space.

Some narrations indicate that the Prophet (saw) prayed ‘two units of prayer’ (Muslim) to greet
the Masjid (known as Tahiyyat al-Masjid). This is one of the first examples of this established
Sunnah of the
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3 It is also mentioned that Jibril (as) called the Adhan (call to prayer)
before this practice was
1 even established later in Madinah and that the angels from the
heavens descended to pray behind all the Prophets in this sacred place – Subhan-Allah!

When the Prophet (saw) completed the prayer, he said, ‘someone said, “Here is Malik (as), the
keeper of the Hell, so convey Salams to him”. So, I turned to him, but he preceded me in
Salams’ (Muslim).

The Messenger of Allah (saw) also said, ’The Prophets were presented to me, and Musa (as) was
a thin man, it was as if he was from the men of Shanu’ah [a Yemeni tribe]. And I saw ’Isa ibn
Maryam (as), and the closest of the people in resemblance to him from those I have seen, is
‘Urwah ibn Mas‘†d (ra). And I saw Ibrahim (as), and the closest of the people in resemblance to
him, from those I have seen, is your companion [meaning himself]. And I saw Jibril [as], and the
closest of the people in resemblance to him, from those I have seen, is Dihyah (ra)’ (Tirmidhi).

Part of what the Prophets (as) discussed after praising Allah was about ‘the Hour’. Both Ibrahim
(as) and Musa (as) stated that they ‘did not have any knowledge of it’. Whilst ’Isa (as)
’mentioned the Dajjal (anti-Christ) and said,

“I will descend and kill him, then the people will return to their own lands and will be
confronted with Gog and Magog, who will, “swoop down from every mound” [Qur’an, 21:96]”’.
[Ibn Majah]

Following this, the Prophet (saw) said, ‘Then I came out and Jibril (as) brought me a vessel of
wine and a vessel of milk. Then I chose the milk, and Jibril (as) said, “You have chosen the
natural state (Fitrah)”’ (Muslim).

The dominant opinion is that the Prophet (saw) alongside Jibril (as) then proceeded to the
Noble Rock (as-Sakhrah al-Musharrafah) that is currently housed by the holy Dome of the Rock
Masjid at the centre of the noble sanctuary (al-Haram ash-Sharif) of the Blessed Masjid Al-Aqsa.
He (saw) ascended into the heavens.
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Related Do Muslims really believe that the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven
on a winged horse?
Ahmadi Muslims do not believe that, since this is not how the story of ascend has been
mentioned in ahadees, or referred to in the Qur'an.

It was a vision, not a physical ascend. And in a vision you can experience things which physically
you cannot.

After the vision ended, he woke up, and he was lying in his bed.

It was a special spiritual experience, and not a physical ascend to heavens on a winged horse.

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