Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – The Prophet Muhammad’s Ascension and Meeting Allah (Isra’ and Mi’raj)
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Jun nathula My dear respected brothers and sisters, my dear
friends and salaam aleikum wa rahmatullahi, wa barakaatuh.
The Salon Mirage is a very interesting story many of you have
probably heard about the story have had it related to you
narrated to you before, so it's probably not going to be
in its essence anything new. All I want to mention first is that this
is a story of iman, it's a story of faith. It's only a story for
believers, anybody who doesn't have faith, who believes just in
pure, observable science, and doesn't believe in the unseen,
then this is not a story for you. So let's just get that out of the
way so I don't have to keep justifying. Because at the end of
the day, we are people of faith, we believe in Allah and the Last
Day, we believe in our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa salam. And
one thing is that when you believe in prophets, one thing that
generally always comes with prophets are miracles. Miracles
means anything that goes against the norms of life, the norms of
everyday customary
practice. It's something that goes against that it's something
extraordinary. It's something that goes against the grain of normal,
custom. That's essentially what a miracle is, when a miracle
something extraordinary manifested at the hand at the hands of
somebody who's claiming to be a prophet, then you call that a
Marchesa, an inimitable miracle, something that cannot be
challenged, something that nobody can do something that will will
challenge that. So what happened is Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam in the 10th year of his 10th year of migration, he lost
two very close individuals.
That year was called an animal who's named the year of two griefs
to sorrows, he lost two really close individuals, to individuals
that would really comfort him and give him a lot of support,
internal moral support, and external moral political support
as well. One was Abu Talib, his uncle, who passed away in the 10th
year of the 10th year of Makkah, before he dropped before
migration,
he passed away, he was his external support, despite the fact
that he did not become a believer. He definitely supported his
nephew. And against all odds, he did what he could to, to to
protect him. The other person that passed away is Hadith out of the
Allahu anha, the first wife of Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam In
fact, the first and only wife of Rasulullah Salallahu Salam at the
time, while he was married to her deja vu Allahu anha, whom he had
the majority of his children with, except Ibrahim, or the Allah one.
He was not married to anybody else. Now. She gave him huge
internal support. She was just that figure that new, very mature,
very understanding and she knew how to give him the internal
support needed after a hard day's work outside, how she was able to
keep him steady right from the beginning. And she was the first
person to believe among all other people, even before Abu Bakr
Siddiq or the alarm before Ali Karim Allah Hua. She was the first
person to believe.
So that was a big loss for us, all of us and Allah is someone he felt
it. So then Allah subhanho wa Taala according to the Allah this
is the speculation of their own ama that Allah subhanho wa Taala
decided to give him a gift to raise his spirits to get him
prepared for the big task which was then for migration. So the
The SR and the Mirage, this journey that we're about to embark
upon. This happens about six months or a year before the
migration to Madina, Munawwara it happens while he's in Makkah
Makara and the way it starts is that he is sleeping, either by the
caravan or in Omaha annex house Omaha and it was somewhere where
he would go and spend time in our house, he was sleeping there. And
suddenly they it number of narration. So what I want to
mention, just two points of clarification here. If you read
any Hadith from the Mirage, what you will see is that some have
some details, while others have other details. And it's almost
like it's a very long story that was related by Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi wa salam it was recounted by him, and different
people remembered different parts of it. In fact, there's one some
of the most comprehensive narrations from an asymptomatic or
the Allah one. And, and so the Alon himself, he's got a hadith,
which is related by mum Buhari, which has some details that are
Hadith that Imam Muslim relates from him doesn't have, and that
one has different, different details in it. So the best picture
you can get is to look at a comprehensive coverage of the
Mirage by looking at all the different Hadith. And some
scholars have actually taken all the details and woven them into a
full story. Now, clearly in this within this, you've got some
narrations that will be more savvy than others more authenticated
than others. But at the end of the day, the core of it the essence of
it is clearly it's there and it's established. So what I'm going to
try to do without pointing out this is in this hadith, this is in
this hadith, I'm going to try to give you a just one seamless
account narrative so that we can understand now this is not a story
evening. So it's not just about the story. This is not just about
listening to a nice story and going home, this entire journey.
There were huge benefits that came from this journey, number of
wisdoms and
heckum that Allah subhanaw taala had put into into this journey.
The second point that I want to clarify
is that
there are two aspects to this journey. One is called the SR. And
the other part is called a Mirage is solid means that night journey
to take somebody by night Subhan Allah the A Sarabi de Laila Mina
al Masjid Al haram, El Al Masjid Al Aqsa lady Burkina however,
Lemuria hoomin is Tina in the who was a mural Garcia so it's raw is
just the journey by night which is generally understood to be the
journey from Mr. Uppsala, Masjid Al haram to Masjid Al Aqsa. When I
was an imam in America, there was an individual that came to me. He
was a person interested in Islam.
He said, I've looked at the whole Quran you guys keep going on about
Masjid Al Aqsa, the Aqsa Mosque. You guys keep talking about the
mosque being in the Quran. I've read the whole Quran and I could
not find it mentioned in the Quran. So
I said to him that's impossible. It's in the Quran. You know, I've
memorized the Quran is Subhanallah the Asahi Abdi Latham and Messina.
Harami in an Masjid Al Aqsa as a were you reading so clearly he
wasn't reading the Arabic he was reading Abdullah use of Chinese
translation which in general is a very good translation. However, he
does a literal translation here, glory and I may get some words
wrong here but this is the general gist of what he says is his
Glorified be the one who took his sermon by night from the sacred
presence
to the furthest precent axon axon means distant furthers because it
was far from Maka Maka, Rama. That's why it was called Masjid Al
Aqsa, the distant mosque. So, he could not find Masjid Al Aqsa in
the mosque because the translation there was literally the distant
more so
the point I want to make though, is that this journey because it's
mentioned in the Quran, and the Quran is you can say,
definitive evidence, anybody who rejects a night to journey just
getting technical here, right? Anybody who rejects the night
journey from Mocambo Kurama to Jerusalem, will be out of the fold
of Islam. Because that is like that, that is considered to be a
definitive part of our faith, as is mentioned in the Quran, so
categorically, because there's no doubt where mustard Luxor is and
there's no doubt when Masjid Al Haram is and to go in one night.
And that's you might say, What's the big deal about going there in
one night, you can get a helicopter today or you know, one
of the small crops and you can go there in a night. It's not a
problem. You can probably get there in a few hours. In those
days. You couldn't do that it was a month journey there and a month
journey back. It was it was a big journey. And even today, a few
years ago, we I went with my family from Madina, Munawwara to
Jordan, to Jordan to Amman and Jerusalem is beyond
on that, so he was on my way to Jerusalem, and I took a coach a
bus, we took a coach a bus, not that not a flight, and it took us
about 15 hours. That's in a bus. So the process allows me saying, I
went there in one night, and I came back as well. I came back.
Now he didn't just go there, He also claimed to have gone beyond
that to the seven heavens. So that's another part of the story.
So the second part of the story is the Mirage. Mirage comes from
rouge, rouge means to climb up. So Mirage means the ascension is that
means the night journey from Makkah to Jerusalem. The Mirage
means beyond their from their up to the seven heavens and beyond.
And wherever Allah subhanaw taala took him that part.
That part is the second part of the journey.
Now, there were there are people who have said that this was just a
dream. This was just a vision at night, a dream in which the
Prophet sallallahu sallam was made to see all of these things. Now,
there are other narrations in which the prophets of Allah Allah
gives a very detailed account of Jana and of jahannam. And the
different punishments that were there, there in in Johanna. That
one is definitely one is assumed to be the one done in a dream. The
process that allows him to prepare him for this physical journey was
first taken in a in a number of dreams to show these realms to
prepare him for the physical journey. Why we say and insist
that this was a physical journey is because if it was a dream, then
all the narrations that we have of the coloration others denying
making a mockery, or making fun of him and going to Abu Bakr Siddiq
or the Allahu Anhu and telling our workers to do the young Do you
know what your friend and companion is saying? That in one
night he went from here to there, and so and so and then he came
back? Is that a possibility? And obika Sydney guardian, he was only
Abu Bakr at the time, but the Allah one, he said that I am
willing to accept even beyond that, He gives us knowledge that
comes from even beyond that. And the when the professor wasn't him
or her but heard about this, then he became he called him the
Siddiq, which means a champion of truth, truth has been fully
infused and ingrained in his heart that he can accept the truth
without any qualms whatsoever. So there'd be no question at the
time. If it was to be a dream, dreams, people, you can go around
the world, you can go beyond this, you can have the most fanciful
journey in a dream if that was the case. And nobody's going to deny
that because it's an accepted fact. So the one of the biggest
evidences for the fact we believe it anyway, but one of the biggest
evidences is the fact that they challenged him. And I'll speak
about the challenges that they put in front of him when he claimed
that Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam. So these are the two
aspects. So as we when we start from this, the promise of the Lord
isn't me saying that he's lying down. It's probably after a short
prayer. He's lying down, he's resting. And so he says that
suddenly the roof opens up. And these individuals they come down,
which one is he they say, which one is he? And then he said, it's
him. His eyes are sleeping, but his heart does not sleep. So this
is mentioned one of the narrations, and they took they
this was Jimmy Lee, he stood up, he says that they opened up my
heart. This was one of the this was the second time an open heart
surgery was performed in this world. The first time was many
years before that, while he was in the band who said in Halle Maria
with Halima the Allahu anha, as a young child, that's when he had
his first open heart surgery. Now, this was another journey that had
to be undertaken. In fact, they say that there was a there were
two splittings of the chest before this, the first when he was a
young boy in the blue side, and number two, before he received his
first first revelation, to prepare the heart for that the Quran is no
small thing that any heart can take it. Allah says lo unzila, the
Quran, Allah, Allah jubelin La ADA who Hershey and Buddha said there
I mean, Hachette Allah, if we have caused this Quran to descend on a
mountain, that mountain would have fallen to pieces, because of the
sheer burden of it. Now the Prophet sallallahu Sallam did this
for us. He literally filtered the Quran from its divine
manifestation, archetype to the Quran that then he read for us
that he gave to us it came through Rasulullah salah, so the heart had
to prepare, be prepared for that. This third time is when he's about
to go on this ascension. So what's most interesting thing and the
scientists here
the most interesting thing I come across a lot of these things and I
just wish that we were in good positions and had laboratories
where, you know, we could
and, you know, to undertake these tests, right instead of all of the
random stuff that goes on. So it says that there was a bowl, a
vessel that was brought filled with
zamzam and the prophets Allah Lawson's heart was washed with zum
zum
zum zum has some special property, you know, when you do a heart
surgery and the heart has to be kept alive when they when they're
doing these things. It's a kind of a complicated procedure. And here
the Prophet sallallahu Sallam his heart was being dealt with, like
this, with zum zum. It was filled with iman and Hekima. And that's
what's mentioned in the different durations. Now, as his heart is
prepared, then, then the narration says that Gibreel or Islam brings
an animal, slightly smaller than a horse but larger than a mule,
called the Baroque. And he says to Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam right on this, get on this as a practice and Allah some gets
on it. One narration mentioned that the Baroque started to
tremble. Why did he start to tremble? He was told that this is
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. Now, everybody in this
earth has been told about the messengers of the Lord is alone.
And the Baroque was just overcome. The Barack was just overcome, that
I've got this great being on me the great Mark, Luke, the great
creation of Allah subhanho wa taala, most beloved, started to
tremble. The Baroque rides is fast. It's it's its pace is as is
it's a site. So where its site falls, that's where its step will
take Djibouti and Ali Salaam is, of course, very, very fast. The
story about Gibreel as to how fast he is, Allah knows best of its
authenticity, but a very interesting story that when use of
Alex and I was thrown into the well by his brothers, and the
story is famous about Joseph use of it salaam, before he hit the
bottom Gibreel Ali Salam was commanded to save him. And he came
from the seventh heaven to the bottom of that well, and he
managed to save him before he got to the bottom. So you can imagine
what kind of powers Djibouti lady Salaam has. And that's another
story. As I said, this is an entire story of faith. Right? Take
out your scientific mind right now. It's all about belief. So
anyway, so they go to Jerusalem. Now on the way in some narrations,
which many of you will find this new bit of information, you will
find that in most he just mentioned that he went to
Jerusalem. However, it says that he was he was made to stop in one
place. This is playbar. This is Ethridge Jibreel Adi Salam said,
this was Madina Munawwara that was being shown to him, this is going
to be your place of migration. They carried on a bit more, and
they were stopped again. And he said that this place is meridian.
meridian is on the way to on the way to Sharm from Madina,
Munawwara. Right, this place is called Meridian. Again, there's a
third place that they stopped. In fact, there's another one, he says
they stopped him to the scene up, which is Mount Sinai, and there he
met Musa alayhis salam. There he met Musa alayhis salam initial,
and then even describing Saudi Salam. So that was his initial
meeting with Musa alayhis salam. And the cathedral, Emirates
mentioned by this reddish pile of of dirt or sand or whatever it
was. And then it says that he also stopped in beta lamb Bethlehem,
where Sid, Sam was born anyway. And then eventually they get to
Jerusalem. When he gets to Jerusalem, it says that he was
told to tie the Baroque on to the Halacha. On to the link the ring,
it says that the, the prophets before him who were in Jerusalem
in Sham they used to use that they used to use that ring to tie their
animals to as well. Today, if you go to Jerusalem, when you get into
that complex, either from the sencilla gate from the chain gate,
or whatever it is, beautiful place, you turn right to the first
on your left, if you're walking in a straight line, you're on your
left will be the Cooper to Sahara, then as you carry on and you go
down there will be the muscle X or on your left on the right hand
side there by the Madiba gate which is in the hands of the of
the Jews. By there, there's a small area which is called the
that is you have to go down in there to see this ring. They still
have a ring there. Allah knows best whether that's still the same
ring or not. Right? They still say it's the same one Allah knows best
to be honest, we can't, you know, I don't know if they've done any
dating or anything like that. But
Allah knows best but that's there. So he tied his animal there he
goes into the masjid. And now most interesting thing is all the
profits are there. All the profits are there. Now, you might say
profits up in their graves or wherever they are. Why, how do
profit suddenly come about there? Now remember, we're talking about
a the world of the Intermediate Realm, the bursa, which is the
realm between this earth, this world and the next world. And
Allah subhanaw taala has a bit of because our belief the belief of
the unsuitable Gemma is that prophets are alive in their
graves. There's no doubt about that. They were then brought, they
manifested themselves, whatever it is Allah subhanaw taala had them
he meets them in must
Student AXA they all there, they're all waiting. Suddenly
Gibreel Ali Salam who's going to lead the prayer at the money he
Salam is the Ibrahim alayhis salam is the Musa isa in the US all of
these prophets are there who's going to lead the prayer Gibreel
Ali Salam comes and takes the last prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam leads him to the front. You lead the prayer, the prophets
of Allah and lead to rockets of prayer, all the prophets, he met
Mousavi salaam, again here after having met him there. Then after
that, he takes leave he goes, they start claiming there's two
opinions does he carry on on the Buraq or, in some narration in
mentions a pseudonym, a staircase. Now, that's probably it mentions
there as a staircase. Allah knows best what kind of staircase that
was. But clearly he didn't put a space suit on. He's the first man
who went beyond where anybody has gone today. Even with a spacesuit
with a spacecraft. He went beyond all of this, because we can just
about go to the moon, right, and a vehicle is just about gone to
Mars. Now all of that is within the first heaven between the Earth
and the first heaven is everything that you can see in between it,
then the seven heavens. Now you can imagine that the seventh
heaven, how distant that may be. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam was taken up, when he was taken up, whether on a staircase
or some kind of elevator, or whatever it may have been Allah
knows best Inshallah, when you get to gender, you can see it say, oh,
Allah, let me see that DVD. Right. I want to see that happening.
Seriously, that's I would like to see it inshallah. Right? It's
going to be mind boggling. But it's going to be interesting. Once
you get to Jana, Allahu Allah, whether you're gonna even think
about these things, right? Because Jana is going to be amazing
anyway, and things will just probably fall in place anyway.
Because the the most the correct opinion is that Jana is on the
seventh heaven.
There's a big difference as to where Hellfire is. But Jana is the
majority opinion is that it's on the seventh heaven.
Now, as they go up to the first heaven, Gibreel is I'm asked for
permission. A question arises, why did he have to go to Jerusalem to
get up there? Why couldn't he be just taken from Makkah Makara
Allah, Allahu Allah and some other ma say that the doorway to the
super luminary world to the heavens and the upper realms is
through Jerusalem. Jerusalem is an amazing place. And I'm really glad
in one sense that they've preserved what's there, when
you're going to Makkah and Madina, Munawwara. You feel the you feel
the spiritual vibe, but everything is sparkling marble and modern.
When you go to Jerusalem, you you are taken back in time, how many
of you have been to Jerusalem?
That's not enough. That's not enough. That's not enough. They
need to we need to all go there. Right, you get reward for going
and praying there. So it's not just the tourist area, you get
reward for the money you will spend in sha Allah, and you will
also help the economy. Things are expensive in Jerusalem, but it's
well worth that trip. It's still old, everything is still as it is
nothing, you know. I mean, not as it was then. But it still clearly
only still takes you back in time. And you can actually sit there and
talk to the Imam, you can't do that in Saudi in Morocco. Medina,
right. But there you can go and speak to it's really casual,
right? It's really brotherly down there is everybody's in it
together. It's an amazing feeling. So when he got to the first
heaven, the angel who's at the door was at the Gateway, he said,
Who is it? He said, It's Jabril. Who's with you, Mohamed? Has he
been invited? Generally people relate this as has he got? Has he
got an invitation? Has he got a ticket? The way to read this is
Oh, has he been invited? Great. That's so great. They don't like
that kind of an idea. Has he been invited? Yes, he's been invited
marhaba and come in. When he got to the first heaven the first
heaven, we say first heaven I don't mean paradise. Heaven does
not mean paradise here. Heaven is the layer, right of this of the
higher realms of this universe. The first layer the second near
the first heavens second heaven. Sometimes people do use the word
heaven for Paradise, but I don't use it in that in that in that
sense. There he sees a person sitting there who says to him
marhaba masala marhaba Mina be your Salah. Welcome, my miton
Welcome. Welcome, righteous child, righteous son, welcome righteous
prophets. This was other money his Salaam and he says other money
Salam was looking towards his right. And there was this crowd of
people or crowd of the crowd, and he was happy. Then he would look
towards the left and there's another crowd and I don't mean
this crowd here. Right. And he would feel sad.
He would feel sad.
So he was then told that Rosa Lawson was told that he's looking
at his progeny, the good ones, and he's satisfied and he's happy. And
he's looking at his progeny who's, unfortunately did not believe and
did not do what he wanted them to do, or what was wanted of them to
do. And thus he said about that. So on the first heaven, he sees
other Maricela, he carries on, same thing, the second heaven, he
is asked for permission. Gibreel is on asks for permission. Is he
invited? Sorry, who is it? Who's with you? Oh, has he been invited?
And again, they go up. And the second he sees a Saudi Salam Jesus
peace be upon him. And Jesus's cousin Yahia alayhi salam, they
were cousin brothers. So he sees Jesus and John. Yeah, he had a
Salam. He sees the two there on the second heaven inside Islam is
still living his mortal life because he hasn't died yet.
Whereas Yeah, hey, Ali Salam is there in his, in his life after
death life in his bizarre key life, right. So
then same thing, he gets to the third heaven, they asked again,
they they have this expression again, has he been invited? And
there he sees.
He sees use of Alayhis Salam, and again, use of Allah some day
welcome him. Mohammed bin Abhi, asylee Marhaba. The earth is
Saudi. Welcome, oh, righteous brother, welcome, pious prophet.
And then so use of Ali Salam and the third. Then he goes on to the
fourth. And there he sees Idris Ali Salam again, the same access
has to be has to be gained. Right? You can't just go through even
Gibreel or Islam, Congo, these there's access that has to be
gained.
So use so Idris Ali Salam is there and again, he welcomes him again.
Then he carries on. And then he gets to the fifth heaven. And on
the fifth heaven. He sees how to Nadi salam after the access etc.
He says how do not Aesop who again welcomes him, then he goes to the
sixth heaven, and there he sees Musa alayhis salam. He says Musa
alayhis salam, now Musa alayhis salam, he's the one who engages
with him the most Musa alayhis salam Mashallah. It seems like a
very extrovert kind of figure that he he really engages with the
Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam, first, it looks at him and he
thinks and he says that I'm envious because he's going to have
a bigger following in Jannah he's got his ummah is going to be
larger than my ummah. Musa Hassan was a very serious individual who
Salah Hassan really tried his best with his people, but
unfortunately, they just didn't listen to him. So he feels really
bad about this, that after all of his efforts, and he sees Muhammad
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam coming and he's got this large group of
people and he knows it. So he is quite envious of him in a in a
positive way.
Which we'll see on the way back then the Prophet sallallahu Sallam
gets access to the seventh heaven. And there he sees that there is a
building a squarish building, whatever form it was, is called
Albay to move the inhabited house, the inhabited house. This is the
Kaaba of the angels on the seventh heaven. You Ibrahim alayhis salam,
the grandfather of sudo allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is
there. He says marhaba bidness Solly mer haven't been EBU sila.
He welcomes him, he welcomes him. And you could imagine the pride
that he has in seeing him because that's his dua being accepted. You
know, that's the greatest person from his progeny or to ever live.
That's, that's coming to him. So he's probably witnessing this with
great pride. Imagine you see your own son, you know, and he's had
some great spectacular achievements. And then suddenly it
comes to you Subhanallah, you know, especially in a loving way,
you can imagine what kind of exchange must be there. We don't
have the time to go into that. So it says about albedo, map more
that everyday 70,000 Angels sub owner Alpha Malak, 70,000. Angels
do tawaf. They say that this Batum albedo map mode is right above the
caliber of the Earth, how wala who earned them, you know, the
dynamics of that Allah knows best. But just as because, you know, the
Kaaba for us is not the building. If the building was not there, or
if it was larger or smaller, it wouldn't make a difference because
the building was large. It was rectangular before in the time we
Rahim, Allah Salam, it's that area, that location, which is what
it is. That's why if you're in a plane, you still point in that
direction, and you don't try to kind of face downwards. Right if
you're in a high rise you still face in that direction. Because
just with a masjid as well. With a masjid. The technical aspect of a
masjid is that it's a masjid seven Earth's down.
Once you've established the masjid as a masjid, and dedicated as as
an endowment for Allah subhanho wa Taala it then becomes Masjid up to
the heavens so you can't build on top of it a flat or something
afterwards. You could do it beforehand, but once you've
designated as a masjid, then it just becomes all Masjid
afterwards.
All right. So
the same with the Kaaba, so he is there Ibrahim Ali salaam leaning
against Albanian machmood very happy to see you his son, but they
carry on they carry on the promise Allah some carries on GBI some
carries him on. And as they carry on, they eventually get to the
furthermost limit, the Sidra tool moonta. The secretory moonta is
the load tree. The other must say that the reason is the load tree
that was chosen there and not a fig tree or any other tree is
because the load tree has three characteristics. Number one, as
the professor was mentioned, the hadith of Muslim etc, is that its
flowers. Its fruits were like Taylor, Taylor, Aloha John, it
allowed me in these big vessels that they would have the cooler,
right, which was a vessel that they would have a big pot. So the
fruits were of that size. It has large leaves, so it gives an
extensive shade. It's fruits are SWEET, and it smells in free is
extremely fragrant. It's very fragrant. So it has one of these
qualities. And you can imagine that divinely look treat must have
been amazing. So when he got the it says is Yaksha Siddhartha ma
yasha mazovian bazaruto matava Suddenly, I would say that it's
almost like a firework show. He says the Brosa licensees in this
hadith are Muslim, that certainly over overcoming it were these
colors. He said that they were like, they were like,
like locusts. But there was something that just suddenly
covered there was this this great
show that was put on him. And he says that no human being can
describe the beauty of that the colors of that no human being. I
mean, and you know what I would think what I would think is that
this was not a 2d 3d experience. This was a 4d experience he was
having. I don't know if you understand what I mean, I know if
you've been to these, these would you go to these theme parks, and
to have these 4d shows where you sit down and they throw water at
you as well, you know, one is you see the 3d stuff coming at you.
But then the other is that your seat moves as well. You get poked
in your bottom and in your back and they throw things at you and
there's water that sprinkles at you Universal Studios, I was in
California. So
I think that when he says that he can't nobody can describe this.
What you have to understand here is that for somebody to take in
the realms of this, the limitations from our eyesight, a
sense of smell, a sense of it was a sensory perception experience
that was being absorbed by the entire body is not something that
you can probably just see with your eyes. That's why one very
interesting thing is that later on, there's a hadith of Rasulullah
sallallahu sunnah where he's standing for prayer. And he's
about to start the prayer where he is, and he's facing the front. And
he suddenly says, straight in your rows, there was a person who
wasn't straight and he is a straight in euros, because I can
see you from behind my back. I can see you from behind. Now the other
ma have great discussions there as to how can you see how is he able
to see what some say, Oh, the there was a through ye that he had
the revelation Gibreel. And Islam told him this was a divine
intuition. The front wall was made like a mirror. One great shake the
Korean candle, he says, This happened after the Mirage, when he
went to the ascension. Maybe the limitations from His sight, et
cetera had to be
taken away so that he could experience those upper higher
realms. And thus, this was something that may have continued
after the Allah knows best. We don't insist on that. Allah knows
best. But the promise I was on was something else would you have to
realize Rasul Allah when you sell him the knowledge that he had was
amazing, was just beyond this world. So he says, I saw this
amazing color, et cetera. Yasha, who that came over came the
lottery. It must have been because the lottery is massive. Its
branches are all throughout. So it was something that came over that,
you know, you hear about these, unfortunately, you hear about
these, these fireworks in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. And it's like the
most expensive fire the Guinness Book of Records, fireworks and all
that this, this was something way beyond all of that, right,
something that nobody can describe as the broilers themselves. Then
they carried on and now they come to the point where it's the end of
this universe.
Right, whatever that means. Allah knows best week, it's impossible
for us to understand that. So now Djibouti, Larissa and now you have
to remember Jebel Ali Salam is the main angel. He is the one who seen
all the prophets. He knows everything. He's been there from
the beginning to the end, he knows the history of the world better
than anybody else, right probably.
He then comes to this place, where he says to the Prophet sallallahu
sallam, I cannot come beyond this place. This is my furthest reach.
I can't go beyond this. If I go, my wings will be burnt.
The prophets of Allah Islam saw Gibreel is on twice in his
original form so many times in various different forms, but he
saw him twice in his own form. And essentially he said that when I
saw him, he had literally covered the entire horizons, he had his
wings outstretched, and it literally covered that entire
horizon, like enormous, right? So gvi Islam is saying, I can't go
beyond this place. So the Promise of Allah Islam carries on himself.
Now, Allah knows best how to describe this. But it's complete
white noise, there's no noise, there's nothing. There is a sense
of disquietude. There could be some fear Allah knows best.
Suddenly. It says in some narrations, the Prophet sallallahu
some hears the voice of Abu Bakr Siddiq or the Allah and the
question that arises here is why Abu Bakr Siddiq, why is he hearing
his voice? He says, because now he's alone. There's nobody here.
It's literally being alone. So he's given a familiar voice to
just make him feel comfortable. And then he has his meeting with
Allah subhanaw taala. Now this meeting of Allah Subhanallah with
Allah subhanho wa taala.
There are two opinions within the Sahaba Did he see Allah subhanaw
taala he definitely spoke to him. Because this is when he was given
the great gift. All other gifts are given on this earth. The gift
of Salah was given in the heavens at a very special occasion,
special journey. This is the lesson for us, not the story, the
story is there. But the lesson for us is the gift how good we make
this gift. So the prophets Allah Psalm was spoken Allah subhanaw
taala spoke to him. He's nobody's been closer than this to Allah
subhanaw taala
it if not adversity, Allah has a number of other Sahaba and this is
the stronger opinion is that he actually saw Allah whereas Anisha
the Allahu anha and a few others they say he didn't see Allah. He
saw a light. He saw something that was illuminated. Allah knows best
but the stronger opinion among the Sahaba themselves is that he saw
Allah this is what they understood.
So
he's given whatever happened that Allah knows best for can acaba ko
Samia, Adena for Oh Ha ilardi Hema oh hi Monica them and do Mara have
a tumor Ruda who Allah Yara Some say that this refers to Jibreel
Ali salaam, these verses are the status reversal Rasulullah
sallallahu. Some either way, the whole point stands there, then the
Prophet sallallahu Sallam he is given the 50 praise. That's a gift
of Allah 50 praise.
And just before you start thinking, what a burden 50 prayers
what a gift, what a burden, And subhanAllah you have to understand
the purpose of the prayer, then it no longer becomes a burden. And
this was just a whole act that had to be enacted to give people the
significance of the prayer. So as he's coming back down the Prophet
sallallahu Sallam is the greatest of the servants to ever live on
this world in this earth. Abd full servitude 50 prayers No problem.
I'm not even going to think about anything. Munna I believe I take I
submit, and he comes back down. He brought him on Nissan doesn't say
anything to him. Gibreel is on doesn't say anything to him. When
he gets to Musa alayhis salaam Musa Sam said what happens? He
wants to know remember Musa always wanted to see Allah always wanted
to see Allah he asked Allah I want to see you under a lake or be any
under a call Alain Dharani you will never see me in this world,
you will never see me.
So at least he is seeing the eyes of the one who saw him.
This is an understanding of some Mohabbatein This is not in the
Hadith, right that this was his reason. But clearly he's engaging
Muhammad salallahu Alaihe Salam. So seeing what happens is 50
praises 50 prayers, no way. My Ummah had three they weren't able
to do that. How Yom is going to do 50 Go back to Allah. So the
Prophet salallahu Salam has some him Al Hamdulillah he went back to
Allah subhanho wa Taala according to the narration, he drops it by
five he comes back Musa Islam says go back and it carried on until he
ends up with five and you know Musa Sam actually told him that as
well. That's still too much. But then the Prophet sallallahu sallam
said, I have no ability to go back now I can't go back anymore. And
then Allah subhanaw taala says, ma you but then we'll call and this
was all along this was the Allah knows Allah knows Allah is
omniscient. Allah knew all along, he says
May you but they will call you that the year of Allah Milla
lobby's my whenever I say something, nothing changes so if I
said 50 It's gonna be 50 but what that means is it's going to be 50
in reward you do five you'll be given the reward of the original
ALLAH SubhanA wa
was generous. So he lessened the burden. And to be honest, it's not
a burden. It's a responsibility. And it's the responsibility for
our own sake to remind us of a life we didn't have to pray five
times a day, we would become so engaged in the dunya
that we'd not remember Allah we'd forget him. A person who doesn't
eat or drink for three days, is is literally prone to dying. Can you
imagine your heart the nourishment of which is the vicar of Allah. If
it stays without vicar for three days, 72 hours, it will die. But
most people don't even know that that they they've had a spiritual
death. And that's the problem. So this is really for our own sake.
And every time we start the prayer, we should recount that
journey. That Oh Allah give me a spiritual ascension as well that I
meet you as well. I meet you I speak to you. This is the time of
the intimate discourse with ALLAH SubhanA wa Tala and Allah subhanho
wa taala. You see many of us I'm talking to the men now who go to
the masjid generally, even those who do go even for Friday prayer,
we literally run in at the last moment, and we run out first as
soon as the Salaam is done, like a fish out of water. And Subhan
Allah, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is saying that
Allah subhanho wa Taala has his attention on those who are
praying, and even when they finish, Allah is not stingy, that
he will turn his attention away. As long as they sit in that same
position and glorify Allah that attention remains. But we cut
ourselves away and we run. So this is just I know, we're busy
sometimes, but this is just to be more relaxed. When we go in for
prayer. It's a, you know, when we really understand the significance
of this, it will become much easier. Now the province of Allah
Islam comes back. He is not disturbed throughout he comes back
and he gets back and he tells the story, and immediately Abuja, *
is saying, one month journey there one month journey back, how is
that possible?
How can you prove it? What is your sign? What is what what is the
evidence that you have? So the promise of the license said that,
you know, there is a caravan, a trade caravan, I saw them along
the way at this particular place. And when I was passing them, their
camels had a problem.
Their cameras had a problem. Some days later, when that camera when
that caravan came back, they asked him that same question, where are
you at this place at this time? And what happened? And they
recounted the same story.
What the problem was, and I said, I've been to Jerusalem. So one
individual said, I know Jews, and I know Muslims are very, very
well. I can ask him the question, I will interrogate him. He came
in, he started asking what sort of loss and loss and how many
windows? How many this? How many that and the roaster loves him
said, I hadn't looked at it with that intention to memorize it and
to take a test on it. He didn't say that. Basically, he says that
I didn't look at it with that with that perspective. But he said that
a roofie Ali, the Prophet sallallahu sallam said that Allah
raised it for me in my sights, I was given like a model of it, no
asking me questions, and I'm just telling them the answers. So this
was proven, this was proven that this is what happened at the time.
So that is the crux of the that is the crux of the journey. That is
the crux exactly when it happened. Many people say it happened in
Roger, there are other opinions is not agreed upon. It's far from any
agreement that it happened in Roger. Generally, people use logic
to explain the story. But it not was not necessarily in Russia, it
could have been revealed or it could be there's about three or
four different opinions as to when it exactly happened. One thing
that does tell you is that although is a great journey, but
if you look at what the Sahaba if this if the journey was something
to be reveled at, and it is it is to a certain degree, but if that
was the main purpose of it,
then don't you think the Sahaba would have definitely remembered
and made it like some big deal or something but they did. Their
focus was the message of the Mirage, which was the prayer
that's what they focused on. And they made that better than anybody
else. That's why the Sahaba they could not be you know, they they
cannot be over outdone by anybody else in their level of
concentration devotion in their prayer because they sought us all
of us to let them do that. Now that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa salam this was that amazing journey when nobody else went far
couldn't be enough. He Harlequin Wolfie Holcomb He is beyond all
the prophets. Now imagine the kind of knowledge that the prophets of
Allah some has imagined the kind of observation that a promising
blossom has be going beyond when nobody will ever go because going
beyond the heavens going beyond the Sidra to the moon down the
look tree. Nobody's ever going to do that. That's the Prophet
sallallahu Sallam he went anyway, this is in in brief. We have
Ramadan coming up.
And all they want to say is one thing about Ramadan. Right. All I
want to say is one thing about Ramadan when it comes to
Dunia and the world. We are all consumers of this world.
We're professionals in everything.
So sitting here today, everybody has garments, whether that be your
job, whether that be your a buyer, whether that be your scarf scarf
in the way you tie your scarf, the way you wear your your hat, the
way you wear, whatever you wear, cufflinks, whatever it is the
watch, we know exactly what we want. We've come very far. We
would not today be wearing the same thing that we were 20 years
ago. We probably wouldn't want to be seen that in it. we've
progressed the first time that you have to go to a business meeting.
You're out of college, you need to go for your first interview, you
need a suit, right? Most people need suits.
They will go to Primark, they'll get the basic suit and 20 pounds,
30 pounds, 40 pounds, and they'll go to the meeting. Two years down
the line, they won't want to be seen in that suit again. Now it
has to be Debenhams, and next, then it carries on and it goes to
your canali Giorgio Armani. Right. And it just goes up and up. And
you don't want to be seen so you become more personalized, more
conscious, you're more refined in everything that you have.
Food wise, you know exactly which restaurants to go and if I asked
any of you house, my house this house that you will know. You will
know what you like there what you don't like there, you know you
will have your opinion.
So we're only getting better. So when it comes to dunya we are
dunya 10.0. What happens when it comes to our deen just imagine the
last Ramadan that we did. And the Ramadan is before that, isn't it
that every Ramadan is the same old Ramadan, the same off the shelf,
no frills brand, shop brand package on Ramadan fasting, we
fast from this time, we stay hungry from this time to this time
we go and make Tara we will we can you know and we do this, this this
and we we cook for Iftar and we wake up for so who wouldn't? We
might stay away from a few sins. But it's the same package the same
package every year. We're not refined when it comes to our D and
I think we're still on betta.
Right to use that jargon, we're still in beta. We're not even on
2.0 yet, or 1.0 for that matter.
Let us make this Ramadan, something different, make it more
discriminating. Because at the end of the day, if we don't, then our
efforts, our focus our interest, our research is all done for the
world. How do you do research for making a big get getting a better
package out of Ramadan? When you read the books of the pious and
how they spent their Ramadan, you see what package they had. They
were on 10.0 in their Ramadan.
The way they used to worship what they used to do what they didn't
used to do. That is what we need to look at. So when it comes to
the dunya we research we go on we check reviews for anything that we
want to buy. Have you ever checked a review of what gender is
supposed to be like in which gender you want?
Genital fair dose, we just want to be in Jannah. It's like that guy
who's sitting in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, I just want to go to
London.
I don't care where I end up London portion. I just want to go to
London. That's it.
But when you get to London, then you become more discriminating
where you want to be in London, right? If you can afford it.
So when it comes to gender, our ideas, gender, gender agenda, just
pop me into gender somewhere and even the last guy who will
eventually kind of go into Jannah last guy that you know, doesn't
matter. No, we need to be more discriminating. Because gender is
100 degrees above the seven heavens and the prophets of the
Lord ism said this, and I just explained to you the great
vastness of these heavens that we can't even see the first heaven.
Right. The first one is above us. We can't see the stars and
everything is within that. Then you've got the second, the third
and the fourth and the fifth and sixth and the seventh. Above the
seventh heaven is Jana. Jana is 100 levels. And the prophets Allah
Some said that between each two levels and flows of Jana is like
between the Earth and the first heaven. So we're talking about
seven heavens and then another 100 levels on top of that of Jana and
the topmost Jana has the ashram Allah subhanaw taala as its roof
and Hadith that tells us about the roof, the Throne of Allah is that
the Throne of Allah in comparison to everything else is like the
desert compared to a small ring. So this entire world and
everything is like a ring thrown into a vast desert. And just the
significance of those two there the realm the relation between
those two is like the relationship of this world and we see around us
compared to the origin of Allah subhanaw taala but now you can put
it in perspective. So we want to go to Jana, but for that we need
to do something less than Ramadan is the best time for this
Ramadan is the best time for this. The time is that let us not just
do an ordinary Ramadan as we've been doing for the last
510 1520 30 years let us do a special Ramadan today that is
better than any Ramadan before I asked Allah subhanaw taala to give
us that Tofik I asked Allah subhanho wa Taala to enable us to
divine a guide us to do this. And believe me with the heat that we
have, we're getting extra reward anyway as long as our intention is
correct. So may Allah subhanaw taala give us the trophy quality
the Dawa Anna and Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen