Ahsan Hanif – Al Isra Wal Miraj

			Every single Saturday evening, we're going to have a theme series concerning the major events or
some of the major events that took place during the life of our profits on a low while he was
selling them. As I mentioned in my short, mid tarawih reminder, one of the things that Ramadan
encourages us to do is to look at the very many opportunities that we have at our disposal to earn
good deeds and to come closer to Allah subhanho wa Taala. And to take and pick some of them to
benefit ourselves and to earn good deeds, from amongst those opportunities that we have available to
us during this month is to come closer to our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam by learning about
		

			him by spending some time and it doesn't necessarily have to be every day or every other day. But
even once or twice a week that we spend some time and some effort learning about the life of our
profits on a low hourly you will sell them the lessons that we can take from his life, the lessons
that we can take from the many events that occurred during his lifetime. Ali is salatu salam. So
with that in mind, we have a number of lectures planned for you in sha Allah tala in this month of
Ramadan, every single Saturday after solid tarawih. The first of those lectures tonight
		

			is concerning a major event that took place in the life of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
It is an event that you've heard of many times it is an event that a large village in himself refers
to in the Quran, and that is the surah and the Mirage or is often termed in the English language as
the Night Journey.
		

			Allah subhanaw taala refers to this journey in the Quran and he says at the beginning of Surah Surah
verse number one Subhan Allah The Asahi AB de la de Mille Masjid al Haram, MSG the AppStore Allah
The Baraka Hola Hola, Maria hoomin atina Glory be to the one Exalted is He supplied to Allah, who
took his slave meaning the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and on a journey from Al Masjid al
haram to Al Masjid Al Aqsa, the surroundings of which we have blessed when you look throughout the
Quran, Allah subhanho wa Taala refers to this land many a time, the land of mystery the locks are
what we would call today in our modern vernacular, the city of Jerusalem, this area and the
		

			surrounding areas where the masjid is, it is a Blissett land, Wonder Allah subhanho wa Taala refers
to not by name but by description many times in the Quran, it is the place where many of our profits
that we find mentioned whose names are mentioned in the Quran, many of them came from or many of
them lived at one time or another during their lifetimes. they reside in this area of a mosquito
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			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was asked a you must read in water or fill out the old one,
which was the first must to be built upon earth or messenger of Allah. He said, I'll miss you the
harem, the masjid al Haram in Makkah, the Canada. And then he asked for the Allahu anthem, a and
then which one came after this. He said, I'll miss you the Aqsa mosquito.
		

			So he asked what can be in a Houma and what was the timeframe between the two machines being built
machinery Haram in Makkah, must be the Luxor In other words, what was the timeframe between the two?
What was the distant the the time span in years between the construction of the two and our Prophet
sets on a low hourly you will sell them out of Barona Sana 40 years. Many of the scholars when they
came to this Hadith, they said that this hadith refers to its initial construction, which was in the
time of Adam Allah, his salatu salam, the other Marley's Salaam built the Kaaba, but you very rarely
Instagram came and told him the place where the cannabis should be. And then he or one of his sons,
		

			the spell is different. There are different durations breathe away, he went to then Jerusalem and he
built that second mosque, elementary the Aqsa, it was then later destroyed when the floods both of
those machines were destroyed when the floods of no Holly Instagram came across the earth. And then
it was the father of all prophets, Ibrahim alayhis salam, who would come and he would raise the
foundation of those two messages once again. One with his son is married in Makkah, and the other
one has sent His help in a loquats alarm. So January 1, two in the portion that we recited today in
Surah Baqarah. He refers to the raising of the foundation of the Kaaba, or if you're a pharaoh
		

			Ibrahim will power the mineral base. And remember, when Ibrahim Ali Salaam raised the foundations of
the house, meaning the foundations were already there, he raised the foundation, he would raise that
foundation and then he would raise the foundation of an emotional upset. And after that many
prophets of Allah would come and they would reside in that area. Many of the names that were
familiar with so the sense of it
		

			Ibrahim alayhis salam himself, his top Yaqoob use of many of the prophets who came after them as
well moosari salaam, Zakaria, the story of Mauryan lattari, salam, the Woodson a man, all of these
prophets of Allah Roselle, all of them are mentioned in the context of this land. So when Alonzo
visual describes this land in the Quran, he describes it not by name, but by description. And he
describes it in two ways. The first is that it is odd to mobarak it is a blessing land. And the word
blessing or Baraka in our language means an increase in good when a log gives you Baraka increases
you in something in a good way, not just an increase for the sake of increase or an increase, which
		

			becomes a problem for you. But it is an increase that is good for you. That is the first description
that is given to this area of illustrated upside in the Quran. The second description that is given
is that it is a holy land.
		

			In the story of Musashi Sam, Jaco me,
		

			all my people enter into the Holy Land. So it is a place that is holy, meaning that it is pure,
meaning that a large religion has raised its status and we know from our Sunnah, that our Prophet
Allah salallahu alayhi wa sallam, that if you want to make a religious journey, a journey in order
to seek reward from Allah subhanaw taala, where the ending the destination is a piece of reward.
There are only three places that you're allowed to visit with our intention must be the Haram in
Makkah, the Prophet's mosque, Aryan Salatu, Salam in Medina, and Al Masjid Al Aqsa. So a lot of zoa
generally refers to this place many a time in the Quran. And it is significant, because the story
		

			that we're going across tonight, the story of Israel and mineralogy revolves around this area with
Mr. de la casa. And one of the things that we should do because it is part of our tradition and our
heritage and our religion, is that we need to familiarize ourselves with the ministry, the Luxor
there are many misnomers and many misconceptions regarding this place. For example, from amongst one
of them is most of us probably don't even know what must be the upsell refers to, which is a mystery
the locks are some people think it's the Dome of the Rock. Some people think it's the other mystery
with the black dome. You have people that think that one is Mr. locks, and the other is Mr. noxa.
		

			Whereas in reality, both of them and the whole surrounding area that are complex, where you have the
wall surrounding it, all of that is a mosquito oxen, and there is much history to go through and
perhaps in Sharla On another occasion, we can do that. But the point is that this is a place that is
blessed that Allah has blessed in the Quran, and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam following
in the line of his forefathers, and all of his brother prophets who came before him and those
messengers who came throughout the ages. A large social would give him the opportunity also to
combine between these two blessing places. Makkah and Masjid al Haram, and mosquito Aqsa. So the
		

			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam before the hedgerows, and approximately the 10th year of the
prophethood in the gears of Mecca before the migration to Medina, a number of events took place that
will then lead up to Al Hassan mirage. And the reason why I'm giving you this background is because
there is a very important lesson for us. We many of us are living in a time and we live in a time
that many of us all of us live in a time of trial and difficulty and hardship, be the hardship in
personal circumstances with our family and relatives and health and whilst and so many other issues,
or be there as a community with the onslaught that we face because of the actions of fortunately, of
		

			a few city individuals, but all of us have to bear with that pressure, many challenges and hardships
that we face. But one of the things that we learn from the life of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam is that our challenges and our hardships and our trials, pale in significance to what he had
to go through sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, through what the companions had to suffer through
rhodiola language learning, we have nothing compared to the difficulties that they had to go
through. And so sometimes when you read the serum, you actually understand that it is from the son
of Allah, that even the most beloved of people to the prophet to a large religion, and the best of
		

			this creation, our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would have to undergo trial and difficulty.
So if anyone was to be saved from hardship and difficulty and trial, it would have been the prophets
of Allah, but the fact that they had to undergo not only a normal average trial, but the most
difficult trials imaginable, shows you that it is a way that a larger disease or a person is worth,
he sees the true value and it is a way and a means by which a person can come closer to a large
soldier lift they understand how to use that as a means of neatness and being closer to Allah. The
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam therefore before this run Mirage, a number of events
		

			took place The first of them was that his wife Khadija rhodiola when he passed away, she was the
closest person to him sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. She was his supporter, his defender. She was the
one who would advise him and consoled him. And she was the one who would be his bedrock of strength.
She passed away on the Allahu anda. And very shortly afterwards, the second incident took place, and
that is that Abu Talib his uncle also passed away a couple of months in between the two deaths. Abu
Talib, as we know, was his public defender after Lawrence original, he was the one who would defend
him against the oppression of orange, he would keep them at bay, he would ward off the evil
		

			intentions from him by the permission of a large religion, but he too would pass away. And with the
passing of these two people, the oppression of eration crease not only against the Muslims, which
was big anyway, but especially to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam personally as well. The
third incident that took place then, is that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam decided that he
would have to leave Makkah that he would have to find a refuge in a shelter and a place of asylum
for the Muslims outside of Makkah, the torture and the evil was becoming too much to bear. So he
went to a place called pif. And you all know the story that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
		

			isn't even able to spread to them the message of Islam, but instead he is exiled from the city with
stones and pebbles, to the extent that he is bleeding early, his Salatu was Salam. All of these
events take place, very close together. And they are the build up to what would be this amazing,
miraculous journey. Allah subhanho wa Taala, one of the greatest lessons of this whole journey, and
it is a lesson that all of us should take to heart and benefit from, is that a large soldierly
showing the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that he doesn't need the Java language. He doesn't
need his uncle obatala he doesn't need all of the people of a pif. He doesn't need his companions or
		

			anyone else so long as a large religion is with him. And with him is his divine care and protection.
Whereas if allonzo agenda was to forsake and leave the profits on a low while he was selling them,
then even if Khadija was still alive hon Polly but all of the people have bought if and Makkah and
Medina and all of the Arabs and so on and so forth, all of them came and surrounded and supported
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, there would be no benefit to this support, without the help
of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So learnzillion was showing the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and
by extension, Mia knew that no matter how difficult your situation is, so long as you through that
		

			difficulty and hardship, attach yourself to Allah, come closer to Allah, become a better person in
the sight of Allah show a large xojo, your true Eman then Allah Subhana, Allah to Allah alone is
enough for you, against all of creation. Whereas if you forsake a lion, you turn away from a lion
you despair from a large religion, in the hopes of seeking the pleasure and acceptance of all of
mankind, then that won't benefit you in anything. So alonza, which gave to the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam this lesson, not only as a verse of the Quran, not only as inspirational revelation
from gibreel Ali Salaam, but he allowed him to live. It lives the lesson in this amazing journey.
		

			The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam one night was by the curb and he was sleeping in the
Halloween area, what we call the hedgerow of his meriel that semicircle outside of the Kaaba, which
is technically part of the Kaaba. But the oration they built the karma didn't added to it, because
of the issue that they had at a time. The point being, he was sleeping there. She Rigali, he said
I'm King to him, and he woke him up and he took him on this journey. This journey is conus and
mineralogy. It is of two types two parts. The first is is raw, which refers to the night journey
from Mecca to Jerusalem. And the second is Mirage, which refers to the journey to the heavens to
		

			speak to Allah subhanho wa Taala. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was presented by jabril
Ali Salaam, with an animal a writing beast, that we call Bravo that is called buraq. This animal
buraq you know, contrary to what many people think of when they hear the word Barack is not a horse
with flying wings, and it's not one of those fantasies that you see that people have dreamt up.
Unfortunately, I don't know of any authentic hadith that describes them in this way. But what we do
know is that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam described it as an animal, bigger than a mule
and smaller than a horse, in terms of its stature. But the prophet sets on a low Arlene was
		

			cylinder, a single step of Brock, would go as far as the eye can see. So this was an animal that a
large soldier has given to it, that ability, and that power, that with every step and stride that it
takes, it goes as far as the eye can see. So if you can imagine in the open desert, that is a very,
very long way. So within a short amount of time, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was able to
go
		

			from Makkah to Jerusalem. This is a journey not only of spirit and soul, but it is one of body as
well. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam came to an image to the upside, and again, without
going through the elaborate history of this place, at that time, it was a piece of ruin. There was
no question. There was no Dome of the Rock, all of that was done after the death of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam there was no temple there was nothing It was a ruin. Because the Roman
Byzantines, who had conquered that area would the rulers of the area had demolished that area. They
didn't accept it in like it, they demolish the whole thing, and it was a place of ruin. But the
		

			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam came in jabril. And he said I'm and he stood there, and one of
the things that a large villager gave to him to show him his station, to show him his stature, and
we should be proud and thank Allah azzawajal for the blessing that we have from the oma Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is that he made him the Imam for all of the profits, all of the profits
were gathered there. And I don't just mean the 25 odd that are mentioned by name in the Quran, for
every prophet of Allah that came from Adam and his Salaam, to our own Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam. And we know from other narrations in the Sunnah of the Prophet sets on a low it will send
		

			them that they will over 124,000 in number, the vast majority of them we don't know their name, and
we don't know their story, but they will over 124,000 that was sent to the different nations and
peoples of the world at different times. All of them are gathered. One narration says that the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam felt shy, that he should go and stand in front of all of these
prophets and be the Imam. So gibreel rally Sam took him by the hand and he brought him forward to
show him that no, this is your place. It is your place that you should be the Imam and lead them in
Salah. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam led them in Salah. He will then go upon the second
		

			part of this journey and that is the mirage. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam ascended to the
heavens reach heaven, he was with gibreel Ali Salaam and each time they would not and seek
permission to enter and the gatekeeper of that heaven would ask Who is this? And Sam would replay it
as jabril. And he would ask him who is with you? And he will reply it as the Prophet sallallahu
sentimientos Mohammed and he would say has his time come, meaning the time of the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, and he would reply Yes, and the gate would be open and he would be welcomed into
that heaven. On each one of those seven heavens. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would meet
		

			a prophet of Allah, the first prophet of Allah that He would meet his family, his salatu wa sallam,
he met the Prophet Adam alayhis salam who walked him overcome him not only as a prophet, but also as
a son. Because obviously he is all of our father, or the mother is Salatu was Salam. He then went on
to the second and the third and he met yahaya and rissani salaam, and use of an Idris and her own
and Musa, and on the seventh heaven, He met Ibrahim alayhi wa salatu salam, each one of those
prophets would welcome him and they would welcome him as he entered into the heaven and he would
speak to them at the seventh heaven. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was then taken to a
		

			place that is described in the Quran it is mentioned by name, and it is the Sidra, into the load
tree or is as it is commonly translated into English. The load tree, the Sidra into this load tree
is the point at which Sabrina Ali Salim said to our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, I cannot no
longer go past this point. I can no longer accompany you, I can't go beyond this point. It is for
you to now go on your own. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam continued on his own.
		

			And you can imagine how much from this journey alonza was really showing the Prophet sallallahu it
was send them the care and the love and the protection that He has for the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam, and alarm soldier has promised that same or a similar type of care and protection for the
believers when they follow the path of Allah and His Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam went ahead and that is where he spoke to Allah subhana wa tada
allonzo agenda and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was asked in another Hadith, he was said
O Messenger of Allah. Did you see a lot on that night? When you went to the sideral? Did you see
		

			Allah? And he replied, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam neuron anara it was light How could I possibly
seem mean the light was so bright, and so amazing, and so strong, that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam cannot see past it or beyond it. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam then spoke
directly to Allah subhanho wa Taala. And it is at that time that a large village is obligated upon
this oma $50 50 prayers per day and per night, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and this is
an amazing
		

			In Part of this journey, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam accepted the 50. And he left. So
the process of him didn't argue he didn't say anything. He didn't respond. He didn't say, Oh, well,
no, he accepted 50 for his oma, and he left, which would have meant that me and you and every other
Muslim, we would be praying every 30 minutes. Every 30 minutes, less than 30 minutes, we would be
praying a Salah. So you can imagine with your widow, a new Sooners and everything else that you have
to do for the five daily prayers that we find so difficult and long. And we would have had to do
that every half an hour or less. Because every time you finish your Salah, you need to call make
		

			Waldo again, the next one's coming. And if you're going to pray in Germany in the masjid, you may as
well become a monk and live here, because you never leave. Because that would be the reality. alonza
was this is what he obligated upon us. $50 every day and every night. This lecture right now would
be too long, I'd have to finish because it would be solid.
		

			This is what Alicia was placed upon us as an oma, the professor Selim accepted and he left and he
returned. It was the Prophet Musa alayhis salam who saw the prophet will send them returning. And he
said, What did your Lord commend you with? And the Prophet alayhi salatu salam replied and he said
he ordered meaning that we have to pray 50 times a day and not in a 24 hour cycle 50 Salawat the
Prophet Musashi Sallam said to him, your people won't be able to do so. Benny is wrong in my nation,
meaning Musashi Salaam, his people, what suffered as we know in the Quran, generations of bondage
and slavery and torture at the hands of the pharaohs. And that had made them stronger, and they are
		

			made them people who could you at least like physically become stronger and so on. He said he remind
people would never have been able to do 50 So go back and ask Allah for a concession. So the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam return, and he said asked Allah for a concession, and the concession was
what 4545 so the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam again, his humility, his humbleness before
Allah, his respect before his creator doesn't argue except says the command of Allah, we submit,
because had a loss at 50 we would have had no choice, we would have to submit. So 45 and he goes
back moosari sam stops him again. What did Allah say? He said, 45 still too much go back. So he goes
		

			back and he becomes 40. And in increments of five it decreases. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam is going back and forth between a larger agenda and the Prophet Musa alayhis salam until it
comes down to five. Prophet Musa alayhis salaam says, What did Allah say two, five prayers a day and
night. What did mousseline Salaam say? Go back, your people won't be able to do so. And how well did
moosari salaam knows how well did he know the Muslims? that the vast majority unfortunately many of
them wouldn't be able to pray $5 a day and night they would struggle. It would be difficult for
them. Go back and ask Allah for less. But the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said as Allah had
		

			decreed for him to say that I can no longer go back. I have been back too many times I am too shy
and embarrassed that I should ask Allah for another concession. And that is when nada Moana denicola
called out in the heavens, and said that it was always decreed that it would be five, but the reward
would be of 50.
		

			This is the only pillar of Islam that was obligated upon the Muslims before the migration of Medina.
It came before fasting and Ramadan. It came before this occur. He came while before many years
before the Hajj. It was the first pillar of Islam after law in the law to become obligated upon the
Muslims and its manner of obligation. The way that it was legislated, is not in the verse of the
Quran, even though the Quran will say the same thing later. And there is not in a visit of jabril
Ali Salaam to come or the prophets of Salaam giving a hot band so it's part of his Sunnah. It is on
this journey, because the greatest lesson of this run Mirage that we've already mentioned, but what
		

			the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had to take back with him just as near and you need to take
this lesson as well is that this night journey is a once in a lifetime event. It's not something
which is going to occur every night, or every month or every Ramadan or every few years. It is once
in a lifetime. That Eman boosts that spirituality, that meeting of the prophets and leading them in
Salah going to absorb this miraculous journey. It is once in a lifetime. But what alonza gel gave to
the prophets on a lower it was sent him on that night is how to continue that same connection
without the journey not only for him, but for every single one of us. So we know when we
		

			Stand in Salah. We speak directly to a large soldier. It is a conversation that you have. And our
Prophet told us Allahu alayhi wa sallam uporabo Maja Kunal Abdul murabaha surgeon, the closest place
that you can be to to Allah in this world is when you're making prostration. When you're at your
lowest point on the earth, that is the closest place to Allah subhanaw taala. And that is what a
larger region wants from you. So the Prophet salaallah alayhi wa sallam would have many challenges
to face for the rest of his life. This wasn't the end, it was the beginning, many more things would
happen. Many of his close friends and companions and family members would die, many of his children
		

			died early is Salatu was salam, as we know, he would have challenge upon challenge and hardship upon
hardship, not only him, or all of his companions are the Allahu anhu, much Marian. So they needed
something. And that is why Salah is so amazing. It is that that that connection to Allah subhanho wa
Taala at any time that you want. So what did the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam do? He returned
to Earth, and he came back to Makkah. And from that point onwards, whenever there was a difficulty
facing him, whenever there was a hardship, what do we know from the center what what he asked Bilal
to do? Go and make that that he would go and hurry and rush and hasten to the prayer, because he
		

			understood that lesson. And the prophet SAW Selim took that lesson with him. And he applied it, and
he embodied it, and he lived it for the rest of his life until his death out of his salatu wa
sallam. But the problem is with us, that we also need to take the lesson unembodied we also need to
apply it because frankly, and I speak for myself as well, I'm included in this none of us, when we
have our difficulties and problems, none of us haste into the solid first, and then think about
everything else. Rather, we will probably do everything else and exhaustive with channel. And then
when there's nothing left over, let's go and pay to rock as well. It is that mindset that needs to
		

			be changed. And so this is what this rod mineralogy was about. It is a miraculous journey, where the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is told that Eliza gel is always with the meaning. Allah is
always with the believers, and allows divine care and protection with his ultimate knowledge and
perfect wisdom. It is always for them, meaning the believers. But it is for us to have that strength
of a man that you're clean and certainty that we would turn to Allah, even in the most difficult of
situations. And yes, even when things are easy, and things are going very well for us. And so with
that, less than this month of Ramadan, one of the things that we really need to do is develop that
		

			spiritual connection with Allah azza wa jal, primarily through the Salah, spend some time focusing
on your Salah, how you pray it, what time you pray to your prayer on time, learning what it means
connecting with it. And I know it is difficult because Musashi Sallam told us that it would be
difficult, he knew that it would be difficult, but that is where the reward is. And that's why it is
very difficult to attain that the benefit of Salah because if it was easy, everyone would have it.
It is something that you have to struggle and strive to do. But in sha Allah by the permission of
Allah subhanaw taala and with his blessings, in this month of Ramadan, we will strive and aim to do
		

			that to spend a few minutes extra when we're not just rushing and praying, because it's another
thing that we have to take off the checklist, but it's something that we actually want to do and
enjoy doing and come closer to a large social threat. And with that, and through the type of Salah,
you will find the benefits that a large soldier promised in the Koran hon Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam told us about in the Sunnah rescue large soldier that it gives us the ability to be from
the people of Salah to understand it and embody it and apply it. And finally I remind you that of
our Prophet Ibrahim alayhis salaam, who this amazing illustrious prophet of Allah who is linked to
		

			both of these holy places, it is probably the other all of you have memorized that Allah mentions in
Surah Ibrahim, one of the things that he asks for from Allah or Abidjan Li Maki masala tea woman,
Daria t O Allah, make me from those people who preserve the prayer. A prophet of Allah, who's
promised Jenna was one of the mightiest greatest messengers ever sent by Allah has this humbled. Oh
Allah, make me from the people of prayer, a woman giulietti and also from my children and my
offspring, make them from the people of Salah. And I think that's something that we need to make to
offer more than Ibrahim Ali Salam and that our children and grandchildren need more than the
		

			children of Ibrahim alayhis salam
		

			ala nabina Muhammad wa early he was