• Al Isra Wal Mairaj was the greatest miracle granted to Prophet

Muhammad (s) after the revelation of the Quran.

• He was taken from the Kaabah in Makkah to Masjid e Aqsa (Bayt
Al Maqdas) in Jerusalem and then taken up to the seventh heaven
all in one night to have a private meeting with Allah.
• It was a miracle given PERSONALLY to him by Allah .
• It was a journey beyond the realms of the world as we know it.
• It was a miracle unexplainable by Science.
• It is mentioned in the Quran and every Muslim must believe in it.
• The exact date of the journey is unknown.
• It happened in the last part of the Makkan Era. Somewhere
between 1-4 years before the migration.

Color and label

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Abu Dharr reported:

I said: Messenger of Allah, which mosque was set up first on the
earth? He said: Al-Masjid al-Haram (the sacred). I (again) said:
Then which next? He said: It was the Masjid Aqsa. I (again) said:
How long the space of time (between their setting up)? He (the
Holy Prophet) said: It was forty years. And whenever the time
comes for prayer, pray there, for that is a mosque; and in the
hadith transmitted by Abu Kamil (the words are):" Whenever
time comes for prayer, pray, for that is a mosque (for you).

Sahih Muslim.

َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ُ َ َ ُ َ َّ It was narrated that Bara’ said:

. " َ‫اجد َم ْس ِج ِد الَك ْْ ََ ِة َو َم ْس ِج ِدي َو َم ْس ِج ِد ِإي ِل ََي َا‬
ِ ‫" ِإنما يسافر ِإل ثالث ِة مس‬ “We prayed with the Messenger of Allah ( )‫ﷺ‬facing towards Baitul-Maqdis
"No (religious) journey is to be undertaken except to (pray in) the three (Jerusalem) for eighteen months, then the Qiblah was changed to the
mosques: Masjid at Kabah, My Masjid and masjid at Elia. (Jerusalem) Ka’bah two months after the Prophet ( )‫ﷺ‬entered Al-Madinah. )
[Muslim] (Sunan Majah)

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 ْ َ َ ْ َ ُ َ ُ ْ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َ َ َ َّ َ Find out what our scholars say and write about
‫لما فرغ سل ََيمان بن داود ِمن ِبن ِاَ بي ِت‬ the construction history of Al Aqsa
ُ‫اَّلل َث َال ًثا ُحك ًما ُي َصادف‬ َ ‫ال َم ْقدس َسأ َل ه‬
َ ِ َ ً ِ ِ
َّ ْ َ ُ
‫ُحك َمه َو ُملكا ال َ َين ََ ِ ِغ أل َح ٍد ِم ْن َب ْْ ِد ِه َوأال َيأ ِ ِ َت‬
َّ َ َ َّ َّ ُ ُ َ ٌ َ َ ْ َ َ َ
‫َيه ِإال‬ ِ َ ‫ج ُد أح َد ال ي ِر َيد َ ِإ ْال ُالصالة ِ َف‬ ِ ‫هذا المس‬
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َ‫ فقال‬. " ‫َخ َر َج م ْن ذنوبه ك َي ْو َم َولدت ُه أ ُّم ُه‬
ِِ ِ
َ َ ْ َّ َ َّ
ُّ ‫الن‬
‫ب ـُ صىل هللا َعلَيه َوسلم ـ " أما ُ اثنت ِان‬
َ‫ون َق ْد أ ْع ِط‬ َ ُ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ ِْ ِ َ َ
ِ ‫فقد أع ِطيهما وأرجو أن يَك‬
َ َ َّ
. " ‫الث ِالثة‬
“When Sulaiman bin Dawud finished building Baitil-Maqdis, he asked
Allah for three things: judgment that was in harmony with His
judgment, a dominion that no one after him would have, and that no
one should come to this mosque, intending only to pray there, but he
would emerge free of sin as the day his mother bore him.” The ‫ﷺ‬
Prophet said: “Two prayers were granted, and I hope that the third
was also granted.”

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Find out and write about the latest research by Dr. Haitham F. Al-Ratout regarding the connection between
Al Aqsa and the Kabah.

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 Dome of Rock

• Journey from Makkah to Jerusalem took Jerusalem / Elia

__________ days in the time of Prophet (s).
• Distance between Makkah and Jerusalem is
____________ km (by air).
• Distance between Makkah and Jerusalem by road is
__________km.
• Flight from Makkah to Jerusalem now will take
approx. ________ hours.
• Prophet s undertook this journey on an animal called
BURAQ – which comes from the word BARQ –
which means _____________.
• Buraq’s one step was equal to
_____________________________
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 ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ِّ ‫َ ْ َ ٰ َْ َْا‬ ‫ُ ْ َ َ ه‬
‫سَحان ال ِذي أْسى ِبَْ ِد ِه لَيًل من المس ِج ِد الحر ِام ِإل المس ِج ِد‬
ُ‫يع ال ََصن‬ ُ ‫السم‬َّ ‫ني ُه م ْن َآيات َنا ۚ إ َّن ُه ُه َو‬ َْ
َ ُ ‫األ ْق ََص هالذي َب َارك َنا َح ْو َل ُه ل‬
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ

"Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, whose
surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our Signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing."
[17:1]

What was the purpose of taking Prophet Muhammad s on this journey?

What is the meaning of ‫ ? َع َْد‬Why was Prophet (s) given this title?

َُ َ
What is the meaning of ‫? َب َاركنا َح ْوله‬
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How do our scholars reconcile these apparent contradictions as to where the night
journey began from?

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 “I was brought al-Buraq Who is an animal white and long, larger than a donkey but
smaller than a mule, who would place his hoof a distance equal to the range of
version. I mounted it and came to the Bait Maqdis, then tethered it to the ring used by
the prophets.” [Muslim]

َ ُ ُ ُ
‫اق‬ ِ ‫أ ِتيت ِبالن‬
ُ ‫َو ُه َو َد َّاب ٌة َأ ْب ََي‬
ٌ‫ض َطويل‬
ِ
َْ َ ُ َ َ َ َْ
‫فوق ال ِحم ِار ودون الَغ ِل‬

ْ َ َ َُْ َْ َُ َ ُ َ َ
‫يضع ح ِافره ِعند منته طرِف ِه‬

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Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬said:
"I was brought an animal that was larger than a donkey and
smaller than a mule, whose stride could reach as far as it could
see. I mounted it, and Jibril was with me, and I set off. Then he
said: 'Dismount and pray,' so I did that. He said: 'Do you know
where you have prayed? You have prayed in Taibah, which will be
the place of the emigration.' Then he said: 'Dismount and pray,'
so I prayed. He said: 'Do you know where you have prayed? You
have prayed in Mount Sinai, where Allah, the Mighty and Sublime,
spoke to Musa, peace be upon him.' So I dismounted and prayed,
and he said: 'Do you know where you have prayed? You have
prayed in Bethlehem, where 'Eisa, peace be upon him, was born.'
Then I entered Bait Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) where the Prophets,
peace be upon them, were assembled for me, and Jibril brought
me forward to lead them in prayer.

Sunan An Nisai (Hasan)

Label the diagram with the locations of stops during

the Isra.

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 Al-Aqsa Mosque is located in the southeast corner of the Old City of Jerusalem, covering one-sixth of its area. Al-Aqsa Mosque,
also referred to as Al-Haram Ash-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary), comprises the entire area within the compound walls (a total area
of 144,000 m2) - including all the mosques,
prayer rooms, buildings, platforms and open courtyards located above or under the grounds - and exceeds 200 historical
monuments pertaining to various Islamic eras.
Messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬said:
"Then I entered Bait Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) where the
Prophets, peace be upon them, were assembled for me, and
Jibril brought me forward to lead them in prayer.
Sunan An Nisai (Hasan)

Messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬said: "When we reached Bait Al-Maqdis,

Jibra'il pointed with his finger causing a crack in the rock, and
he tied Al-Buraq to it."
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3132

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Prophet Muhammad (s) said “… Then I was taken up to the first
heaven, where I saw Adam, peace be upon him. Then I was taken
up to the second heaven where I saw the maternal cousins 'Eisa
and Yahya, peace be upon them. Then I was taken up to the third
heaven where I saw Yusuf, peace be upon him. Then I was taken up
to the fourth heaven where I saw Harun, peace be upon him. Then
I was taken up to the fifth heaven where I saw Idris, peace be
upon him. Then I was taken up to the sixth heaven where I saw
Musa, peace be upon him. Then I was taken up to the seventh
heaven where I saw Ibrahim, peace be upon him. [Narrated by
Anas Bin Malik – Sunan An Nisai ]
I found Ibrahim (Abraham peace be upon him) reclining against
the Bait-ul-Ma'mur and there enter into it seventy thousand
angels every day, never to visit (this place) again.

Write the names of the Prophets, Rasool Allah (s) met

during the Mairaj at each heaven.
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Answer these questions based on the Ayaat of ﷽
Surah Najam. The (Prophet’s) heart did not doubt what he saw. ٰ‫َما َك َذ َب ال ُف َؤ ُاد َما َ َرأى‬

1. Who did Prophet Muhammad see for the ٰ‫ىل َما َي َرى‬ َ ُ َ ََُ
ٰ َ ‫ون ُه َع‬
How can you then dispute with him regarding ‫أفتمار‬
second time? what he saw?

And he certainly saw him in descent a second ٰ‫آه َن ْ َزل اة ُأ ْخ َرى‬

ُ ‫َو َل َق ْد َر‬
2. Where did he see him? time.

Near the Lote Tree at the very end. ‫ه‬ٰ َ ‫ند ِس ْد َرة ال ُم َنت‬ َ
‫ِع‬
3. What is Sidrah tul Muntaha? ِ
Near which is the Garden of ˹Eternal˺ Residence ٰ‫ند َها َج َّن ُة ال َمأ َوى‬ َ
‫ِع‬
4. Where is the Sidrah tul Muntaha?
When there covered the Lote Tree that ِّ ‫إ ْذ َي ْغ ََش‬
ٰ‫الس ْد َر َة َما َي ْغ ََش‬
5. What is near the Sidrah? which covered [it].
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َ َ َ
The sight [of the Prophet ‫ ] ﷺ‬did not swerve, ‫غ‬ ٰ َ ‫َص َو َما َط‬ ُ َ ََ ‫اغ ال‬‫ما ز‬
6. Did he see all this in real or in a dream? nor did it transgress [its limit].

He certainly saw some of his Lord’s ٰ‫ات َ ِّرب ِه ال َُك ْ َنى‬ َ‫َل َق ْد َ َرأ ٰى م ْن آي‬
7. Did Prophet (s) see Allah swt on Mairaj? ِ ِ
greatest signs

8. What did he see then?

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 Ibn Mas'ud said regarding the Ayah: "When that covered
Then I was made to ascend to Sidrat-ul-
the Sidrah which did cover it! (53:16)" he said: "The sixth
Muntaha (i.e. the Lote Tree of the utmost
Sidrah in heavens." Sufyan said: "Golden butterflies" and
boundary) Behold! Its fruits were like the
Sufyan indicated with his hand in a fluttering motion.
jars of Hajr (i.e. a place near Medina) and its
Others besides Malik bin Mighwal said: "There terminates
leaves were as big as the ears of elephants.
the creatures' knowledge, there is no knowledge for them
Gabriel said, 'This is the Lote Tree of the
of what is above that.“ [Tirmizi]
utmost boundary) . Behold ! There ran four
rivers, two were hidden and two were visible, I
asked, 'What are these two kinds of rivers, O
Then Gabriel took me till we '' reached Sidrat-il- Gabriel?' He replied,' As for the hidden rivers,
Muntaha (Lote tree of; the utmost boundary) which they are two rivers in Paradise and the
was shrouded in colors, indescribable. [Bukhari] visible rivers are the Nile and the
Euphrates.' [Bukhari]

And when it was covered by the Command of Allah, it underwent such a change
that none amongst the creation has the power to praise its beauty.
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Based on the hadiths on the previous page, draw and
write the dscription of Sidrah Tul Munataha.

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Identify Nile and Euphrates
river and label the Map.
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 Between the first heaven and the one above it is (a distance of)
five hundred years. Between each of the heavens is (a distance of)
five hundred years. Between the seventh heaven and the Kursiy is
(a distance of) five hundred years. Between the Kursiy and the
water is (a distance of) five hundred years, and the Throne is
above the water. Allaah is above the Throne, and nothing
whatsoever of your deeds is hidden from Him.
(narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah)
َّ‫ُث َّم ُعر َج ت َحب‬
‫ا‬ َ ْ ِ ُِ ِ ُ ْ َ َ
‫َ ظهرت ِلمستوى‬
َ ‫أ ْس َم ُع فَيه ََص‬
‫يف‬ ِ َِ ْ ِ َ
ِ‫األقالم‬

It was narrated that 'Abdullah said:

"When the Messenger of Allah ‫ ﷺ‬was taken on the
Night Journey, he came to Sidrah Al-Muntaha, which
is in the sixth heaven. That is where everything that
comes up from below ends, and where everything
that comes down from above, until it is taken from
it. Allah says: When what covered the lote-tree did
cover it! [1] He said: "It was moths of gold. And I was
given three things: The five daily prayers, the last
verses of Surah Al-Baqarah, and whoever of my
Ummah dies without associating anything with Allah
will be forgiven for Al-Muqhimat." (Nisai)
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 The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His
messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the
[final] destination."
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Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do
not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to
bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
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The sins of the worst
magnitude that drag
one into the Fire."
(An-Nihayah)

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 “On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’), a beautiful fragrance came
The Prophet ( )‫ﷺ‬said: "While I was walking in Paradise (on the night of to me. I said: O Jibreel, what is this beautiful fragrance? He said: This is the fragrance of
Mi'raj), I saw a river, on the two banks of which there were tents made the hairdresser of Pharaoh’s daughter and her children. I said: What is their story? He said:
of hollow pearls. I asked, "What is this, O Gabriel?' He said, 'That is the Whilst she was combing the hair of Pharaoh’s daughter one day, the iron comb fell from her
Kauthar which Your Lord has given to you.' Behold! Its scent or its mud hand and she said, ‘Bismillaah (in the name of Allaah).’ The daughter of Pharaoh said: ‘My
was sharp smelling musk!" (Bukhari) father?’ She said: ‘No. My Lord and the Lord of your father is Allaah.’ She said: ‘I will tell him
about that.’ She said: ‘Yes.’ So she told him and he summoned her and said: ‘O So and so, do
you have a Lord other than me?’ She said: ‘Yes, my Lord and your Lord is Allaah.’ He ordered
Find out more about the “The Kauthar” and write it down: that a baqarah (lit. “cow”) made of copper be heated up, then he ordered that she and her
children be thrown into it. She said: ‘I have a request to make of you.’ He said: ‘What is your
request?’ She said: ‘I would like my bones and my children’s bones to be gathered together
in one cloth and buried.’ He said: ‘This will be done for you.’ He ordered that her children be
thrown into it in front of her, one by one, until they came to the last one who was an infant
boy who was still being breastfed. It was as if she wavered because of him, but he said: ‘O
mother, go ahead, for the punishment of this world is easier to bear than the punishment of
the hereafter.’ So she went ahead.”[Musnad Imam Ahmed]

What is backbiting? What does this hadith tell you

Narrated Anas ibn Malik:

The Prophet ( )‫ﷺ‬said: When I was taken up to heaven I passed by
people who had nails of copper and were scratching their faces and
their breasts. I said: Who are these people, Gabriel? He replied: They
are those who were given to back biting and who aspersed people's
honour. (Abu Dawood)
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The Prophet PBUH came back down to Jerusalem and
re-rode Buraq.

On the way back to Makkah, the Prophet PBUH passed

by three caravans of the Quraysh he recognized. On
one of them, he noticed a certain people of the
Quraysh. On another, he drank some water from their
public urn/canister, as he was feeling thirsty. And in
the third, he said he saw so and so looking for a camel
that had been lost. These are the three caravans he
said he saw.

When he came back to Makkah, the Prophet PBUH went

back to sleep, and woke up in the Haram.( The Night Journey by
YQ)

Where do you think the caravans were coming from ?

Find out the ancient caravan routes of the Makkans.

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When he came back to Makkah, the Prophet PBUH went back to sleep, and woke up in the Haram.
He said, "When I woke up the next morning, I felt an anxiety about how am I going to tell the people of what happened to me."
He then continued, "As I was sitting anxious, nervous and worried, Allah willed that the enemy of Allah, Abu Jahal, passed by and saw me in that
(grief-struck) state."

So Abu Jahal asked the Prophet PBUH in a sarcastic manner, "What is the matter with you? Has anything happened?" The Prophet PBUH said,
"Yes, something happened." "What?" "Last night, I was taken from here to Jerusalem." Abu Jahal was shocked, "And you are here amongst us now?!"
The Prophet PBUH said, "Yes, I am waking up amongst you here." So Abu Jahal said, "If I call your people will you tell them exactly what you have just told me?" The Prophet PBUH said,
"Yes, I will."

So Abu Jahal started screaming out to the people, "Come forth, we have an announcement to make!" Abu Jahal said, "Tell them what you promised you would tell them." So the Prophet
PBUH said, "Last night, I went to Bayt al-Maqdis and I prayed in Masjid al-Aqsa."

The people began reacting in different ways. Some began clapping, others put their hands on their heads, other began snickering and laughing. So one of them who has been to
Jerusalem before quizzed, "Can you describe it (Bayt al-Maqdis) for us. As they began to ask more and more, the Prophet PBUH said he got confused and became so worried and
anxious like never before that he couldn't respond. The word used is "kurba/‫ "كرب‬meaning literally terrified. Why is he terrified? Because it's a legitimate question but he can't
remember the answers to all of them.

He then said, as he was waiting for what to respond with, "I saw in the distance Bayt al-Maqdis rising up in front of me until it extended above the house of Aqil ibn Abi Talib (house he
grew up in i.e. the house that used to belong to Abu Talib)." Subhan'Allah! "And no question they asked of me except that I saw the Bayt al-Maqdis being shown in front of me (from
whichever angle I needed to see it), and I answered it fully." (Of course the Quraysh could not see it.) Until finally one of them said, "As for the description of Bayt al-Maqdis, he is
fully accurate."

Ibn Hisham narrates: At this time, the Prophet PBUH said, "I will give you some signs as well," and he mentioned the three caravans, "(1) One is the caravan of so and so, and they will
be returning soon, (2) one is the caravan of so and so, and they lost a camel, (3) one is the caravan of so and so, and they had a large urn of water that I drank from." Abu Jahal said, "If
you saw one of them in such and such a place, that caravan should be arriving in Makkah right now." And as they were discussing, the news arrives that the exact caravan is entering
Makkah. So Abu Jahal goes and sees - and it was exactly as the Prophet PBUH described. So he comes back and says, "This is clear sorcery.“[Night Journey by YQ] 24
WHEN the news reached Abu Bakr, which was before the
Prophet PBUH could tell Abu Bakr himself, one of the
Quraysh came running and said, "Do you know what
your companion has just said? He claims to have gone
all the way to Jerusalem and back. Two months journey,
in one night!" Abu Bakr replied, "If he said that, then it
must be true."

So the man said, "Do you believe him in such a claim?!“

Abu Bakr said, "I believe him in something even more

amazing than this: he claims that the revelation from
above the seven heavens comes to him
instantaneously."

Because of this, from this time onward, Abu Bakr was

called "al-Siddiq." He got the title from this occasion.
[Night Journey by YQ]
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