answer
Praise be to Allaah.
There is no doubt that the
Israa’ and Mi’raaj
Glorified (and Exalted)
be He (Allaah)
[above all that (evil) they
associate with Him] Who
took His slave (Muhammad)
for a journey by
night from
(at Makkah) to
Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa
(proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc.). Verily, He is the All-Hearer,
the All-Seer.
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Allaah be upon him) kept going back and asking Him to reduce it, until He
made them five, so they are five obligatory prayers but fifty in reward,
because each good deed is rewarded tenfold. To Allaah be praise and
thanks for all His blessings.
With regard to this night on which the
Israa’ and Mi’raaj
saheeh ahaadeeth to indicate that it is in Rajab
hadeeth
ummah
ummah
ummah
(interpretation of the meaning),
“This day, I have perfected
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your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen
for you Islam as your religion.”
And Allaah says in
Surat Ash-Shoora
“Or have they partners with Allaah (false gods) who have instituted for
them a religion which Allaah has not ordained?”
saheeh ahaadeeth,
bid’ah
how serious the matter is and put them off it.
For example, it is narrated in
As-Saheehayn
In
Saheeh Muslim,
The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) used to say in his
khutbah on Friday,
(An-Nasaa’i added with a
jayyid isnaad,
As-Sunan,
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The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) delivered an eloquent speech to us which melted our
hearts and caused our eyes to flow with tears. We said, ‘O Messenger
of Allaah, it is as if it is a farewell address, so advise us.’ He said:
I advise you to fear Allaah, and to listen and obey, even if a
slave is appointed over you. Whoever among you lives will see many
differences, so I urge you to adhere to my
Sunnah
And there are many
ahaadeeth
bid’ah
salaf
ahaadeeth
bid’ah
bid’ah
Israa’ and Mi’raaj
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Because Allaah has enjoined being sincere towards the Muslims and
explaining what Allaah has prescribed for them in their religion, and because
it is
haraam
to conceal knowledge, I thought that I should point out
this innovation, which is so widespread in many regions that people think
it is part of the religion, to my Muslim brothers. Allaah is the One Whom
we ask to set the affairs of all the Muslims straight, and to bless them
with knowledge of Islam, and to help us and them to adhere steadfastly
to the truth, and to forsake everything that goes against it, for He is able
to do that. May Allaah send blessings and peace upon His slave and Messenger,
our Prophet Muhammad, and his family and companions!
, and that it is not part of
the religion of Islam at all.
is wrong, i.e., the innovation of
celebrating the night of the
).
I hope that the evidence we have quoted will be sufficient to convince
the seeker of truth that this
of the Messenger (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) which warn against innovation (
[Al-Maa’idah 5:3]
It also goes against the
“This day, I
have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and
have chosen for you Islam as your religion.”
after them, because this is no
more than adding things to the religion and instituting a religion that Allaah
has not ordained, and it is an imitation of the enemies of Allaah, the
Jews and the Christians, in their additions to their religions and introducing
into them things that Allaah had not ordained. It also implies that
there is something lacking in Islam, and that it is not complete, and it is
well known that this leads to great mischief and evil, and goes against the
verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning),
(innovation) have been narrated from the
companions of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) and from the righteous
with a similar meaning.
Warnings against
and the way of the
rightly-guided caliphs who will come after me, and cling firmly to it.
Beware of newly-invented matters, for every newly-invented matter
is an innovation and every innovation is a going astray.
it is narrated that Al-‘Irbaad ibn Saariyah (may Allaah be
pleased with him) said:
)
In
“and every going astray will be in
the Fire.”
“The best of speech
is the Book of Allaah and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). The worst of
matters are those which are newly-invented, and every innovation is
a going astray.”
it is narrated that Jaabir (may Allaah be pleased
with him) said:
“Whoever does any action that is not part of this matter of ours
will have it rejected.”
In a report narrated by Muslim
it says,
“Whoever introduces anything into this matter of ours
that is not part of it will have it rejected.”
from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah
be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) said,
ummah
(innovation)
and stated clearly that it is misguidance, so as to show the
it is proven that the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) warned against
[Ash-Shoora 42:21]
In the
(interpretation of the meaning),
[Al-Maa’idah 5:3]
Surat Al-
Maa’idah
’s religion for it and has completed His favour upon
them, and He condemns those who introduce things into the religion
which Allaah has not ordained. Allaah says in His holy Book, in
needs to know, and they did not neglect any aspect
of the religion, rather they were the first ones to do anything good. If
celebrating this night had been prescribed in Islam, they would have been
the first people to do so. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) was the most sincere of people, and he conveyed the message
to the people in full, and he fulfilled the trust. If venerating and celebrating
this night were part of the religion of Allaah, then the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would have done that and would
not have concealed it. Since no such thing happened, it is known that
celebrating it and venerating it is not part of Islam at all. Allaah has perfected
this
about that, either in word or in deed. If any
such thing had happened, it would have been well known, and his companions
would have transmitted the information to us. They narrated
from their Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) everything
that his
. Allaah has wise reasons for causing the people to
forget it. Even if the date were proven, it would not be permissible for the
Muslims to single it out for particular acts of worship, and it is not permissible
for them to celebrate it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) and his companions (may Allaah be pleased
with them) did not celebrate it and they did not single it out in any way. If
celebrating it was something that is prescribed in Islam, the Messenger
would have told his
or
in any other month. Everything that has been narrated concerning a specific
date for these events cannot be proven to have come from the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) according to the
scholars of
took place,
there is nothing in the
reports from the Messenger of Allaah (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) that he was taken up into the heavens,
and their gates were opened for him, until he passed beyond the
seventh heaven, where his Lord spoke to him as He willed, and enjoined
the five daily prayers upon him. At first Allaah, may He be exalted, enjoined
fifty prayers, but our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of
[Al-Israa’ 17:1]
There are
Ayaat
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(in Jerusalem),
the neighbourhood
whereof We have
blessed, in order that We
might show him (Muhammad)
of Our
Al-Masjid Al-
Haraam
(the Prophet’s Night
Journey and Ascent into heaven) are two great signs of Allaah which point
to the truthfulness of the His Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him), and the greatness of his status before Allaah.
They are also signs of the great power of Allaah, and of His exalted position
above His creation. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
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