Friday, 11 July 2014

the isra and miraj 1435

Dear brothers! I was talking in our bangle khutba one of the significant miracle of prophet sw. which is Mirajun nabi sw./ the ascension of prophet sw. towards heaven. Allah swt. gave many miracles to many of his prophets like muses, Jesus, Josef, sulaiman which Allah swt. stated in the Qur’an and he said the reason letting us know which is to give us lesson and to make us steadfast on the Deen of Allah swt.. 11:120 ‘’And each [story] We relate to you from the news of the messengers is that by which We make firm your heart. And there has come to you, in this, the truth and an instruction and a reminder for the believers.’’

Dear brothers! Around the 12th year of prophet’s sw. mission after he got lost his uncle and his wife khadijah ra. He was quite sad and overwhelmed by the circumstances. He was taken from al Masjidul haram, mecca to Masjidul Aqsa in Jerusalem and hence to presence of Allah swt to be gifted with five times prayer and to be showed the sign of his creations, the paradise, the hell and the supreme power of Allah swt.

It was physically not only a vision which Allah swt. mentioned in the Qur’an 17:1 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.”

Dear brothers! Today is 24th of the month of Rajab and some scholar saying the mirajun nabi sw. could be on 27th of Rajab as prophets didn’t mention because there is nothing related with the date. This is why there is no any specific ebadah like nawafil prayers, fasting which we can do but as normal.
Dear brothers! To briefly how was the great miracle miraj.  Prophet sw. described to his companions he said narrated by anas ra. “On this night i was sleeping near by the ka’bah then an angel came to me with an animal named buraq which was smaller than a mule bigger than a donkey. Then he took my heart and wash it with the water of zamzam and a Gold tray of belief was brought to me and my heart was field with belief and then return it back and then the Journey started from Mecca to Jerusalem and eventually, to the presence of Allah swt.

Dear brothers!  On that night Allah swt. showed his sign of creation, his power and what will happen in the hereafter and this was the main intention of this Journey. There are so many things Allah swt showed his friend. Which we found from the Qur’an and Ahaadeeth of Prophet sw. to briefly, some of them are:
1. When prophet sw. going up riding on buraq at the first sky he saw the Prophet Adam aw. And the souls of paradise in his right side and the souls of hell in his left side and then on the way Allah swt. showed him some other prophets like Prophet Jesus, yahya, yousef, edris, haroon Ibrahim and muses.
2. At the 7th sky Allah swt. showed the Baitul ma’mur prophet sw. asked to Gabriel what’s the Baitul ma’mur? He replied this is the place where 70 thousand angels are doing tawaf everyday. And then eventually, He reached the sidratul muntaha to meet Allah swt. which is the last station towards Allah swt. and where no angel can pass this.
At that time Allah swt. enjoined him of 50times prayer in a day but then on the way to return prophet musa a. Suggested our prophet sw. to ask Allah swt. to reduction. When he asked again and again until the 5times.Then at the end Allah said okay i reduced it into 5times but, ill give you the rewards of 50times through the 5times. Subhanallah!

3. Allah swt. showed him the paradise and hell.
Dear brothers! In the Ahaadith of prophet sw. we find that Allah swt. showed some scenario of Jahannam. He said “I saw some people are eating rotten meats. I asked to Gabriel about them he replied “they are the people who were engaged with
haram things on the earth and they used not to care about it”

Another hadith he said “I saw some other people with a huge belly. They are trying to walk but cant. Then i informed they are the people who used to take interest
Then he was showed some other people the angels are chopping off meat from their body and forcing them to eat that. Prophet sw. saying I informed that they are the people who used to backbite on the earth”

Dear brothers! The lesson of Miraj is very clear that we have to make our Eman stronger and steadfast on the Deen of Allah swt. we have to care about our 5time prayers on regular basis and we have to be very careful about the Haram and Halal and the big sins like interest, backbiting and zina. Also, We should study the surah of bani Israel where Allah swt. mentioned in details the lesson of mirajun nabi sw.

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