Happy Isra & Mi'raj

[Zaki]

Hello

Happy Isra & Mi'raj to all the Muslims around the globe

PS: I don't know if it is allowed to create such threads or not. If it is against the forum rules, please delete

 

[Rage]

Don't really know what Isra & Mi'raj is, but happy Isra & Mi'raj to ya'll all the same:happy_8:

 

[thakur_ritesh]

same here, not sure what the festivities are about but warm wishes to all.

 

[Pintu]

Warm Wishes and Greetings to everybody.

Regards

 

[Zaki]

oh actually Isra and Miraj is a night when Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) travelled from Makkah to "Masjid-e-Aqsa" in Jeruselum and from there to Heavens according to Muslim's belief. It is there from he got a present of "5 Prayers and few other commandments". According to Muslims belief he travelled to heavens within a night and returned before morning.

There is a long story and you can easily write a whole book on his journey. The Holy Qur'an has also mentioned 1 or more verses about this topic and it is regarded as one of the most sacred night of the year

 

[Oracle]

Warm Wishes and Greetings to everybody!

 

[Zaki]

thanks everybody, i was hoping to see a reply from Singh and Ahmed
but unfortuantely no reply from them so far

Sad

 

[ahmedsid]

Zaki! Thanks for Opening the Thread and Wishing Muslims do Fast on these 2 Days, and its not Compulsory, but Many do fast and Pray more during these 2 days.

 

[RAM]

Happy Isra & Mi'raj to all Muslim brothers around the world..


May peace and Happiness prevail to all...

 

[Yusuf]

Greetings to all.

I am not a scholar in Islam, but we pray 5 times a day I think thanks to Prophet Moses who was present on the night of Mi'raj. Muslims would have had to pray 50 times a day as first commanded by God. Moses approached Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and told Him that it would be difficult for Muslims to pray so many times a day taking time out from their busy schedule. Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) approached God and asked for some leniency and God being the most merciful, reduced the number by 5 to 45. Again Moses tells the same thing to Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and again He goes to God who again reduces it by 5. This happens till the number reaches 5 times a day.
When Moses tells Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) again that even 5 times a day is too much. Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) replies that no 5 is good enough and that it would be embarrassing to ask God to reduce from even 5. So thats how Muslims pray 5 times a day.

 

[Zaki]

Greetings to all.

I am not a scholar in Islam, but we pray 5 times a day I think thanks to Prophet Moses who was present on the night of Mi'raj. Muslims would have had to pray 50 times a day as first commanded by God. Moses approached Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and told Him that it would be difficult for Muslims to pray so many times a day taking time out from their busy schedule. Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) approached God and asked for some leniency and God being the most merciful, reduced the number by 5 to 45. Again Moses tells the same thing to Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and again He goes to God who again reduces it by 5. This happens till the number reaches 5 times a day.
When Moses tells Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) again that even 5 times a day is too much. Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) replies that no 5 is good enough and that it would be embarrassing to ask God to reduce from even 5. So thats how Muslims pray 5 times a day.

You are right Yusuf, but each time 10 prayers were reduced. It started from 50 to 40 and then 30 to 20 to 10 and finally 5.

 

[Yusuf]

To the best of my knowledge it is 5. But anyways thank God for it. Wonder how we would pray 50 times a day? i mean doing the math 5 mins for each is 250 mins a day!!! 6 hours from an 8 hour day!!! God indeed is merciful!!

 

[youngindian]

Happy Isra & Mi'raj to all

 

[Vinod2070]

Happy Miraj to all. Shame that its not a holiday.

 

[Neil]

Happy Isra & Mi'raj to all....may GOD bless u...!!

hey guys who is Prophet Moses[does not sound Islamic so...] and what is PBUH....??
please do enlighten me....

 

[Zaki]

Happy Isra & Mi'raj to all....may GOD bless u...!!

hey guys who is Prophet Moses[does not sound Islamic so...] and what is PBUH....??
please do enlighten me....

Prophet Moses is the Prophet of Jews. All Christians, Jews and Muslims consider him as a Prophet. In Arabic we call him "Musa A.S." (Allahay salam)

PBUH stand for = Peace be upon him

 

[Zaki]

internal error - alright lemme write again

Prophet Moses is also known as "Hazrat Musa A.S.". He was the Prophet of Jews and all Muslims, Christians and Jews consider him a Prophet.
PBUH = Peace be upon him

 

[Neil]

Prophet Moses is the Prophet of Jews. All Christians, Jews and Muslims consider him as a Prophet. In Arabic we call him "Musa A.S." (Allahay salam)

PBUH stand for = Peace be upon him

ok.....never knew that....thanks for that info...yaar....!!

 

[ajtr]

Al-Quran, Suratul Isra' (1 & 60)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Glorified (and Exalted) is He (Allâh) [above all that (evil) they associate with Him]. Who took His slave (Muhammad SAW) for a journey by night from Al-Masjid-al-Harâm (at Makkah) to Al-Masjid-al-Aqsa (in Jerusalem), the neighbourhood whereof We have blessed, in order that We might show him (Muhammad SAW) of Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc.). Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer[] (1) ...
And (remember) when We told you: "Verily! Your Lord has encompassed mankind (i.e. they are in His Grip)." And We made not the vision which we showed you (O Muhammad as an actual eye-witness and not as a dream on the night of Al-Isrâ'[]) but a trial for mankind, and (likewise) the accursed tree (Zaqqûm, mentioned) in the Qur'ân. We warn and make them afraid but it only increases them in naught save great disbelief, oppression and disobedience to Allâh. (60)

Sahih Muslim (Book 001, Number 0313):

Anas b. Malik reported: Abu Dharr used to relate that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: The roof of my house was cleft when I was in Mecca and Gabriel descended and opened my heart and then washed it with the water of Zamzam. He then brought a gold basin full of wisdom and faith and after emptying it into my breast, he closed it up.

Then taking me by he hand, he ascended with me to th heaven, and when we came to the lowest heaven, Gabriel said to the guardian of the lowest heaven: Open. He asked who was there? He replied. It is Gabriel. He again asked whe he there was someone with him. He replied: Yes, it is Muhammad with me. He was asked if he had been sent for, He (Gabriel) said: Yes. Then he opened (the gate). When we ascended the lowest heaven (I saw) a man seated with parties on his right side and parties on his left side. When he looked up to his right, he laughed and when he looked to his left, he wept. He said: Welcome to the righteous apostle and the righteous son. I asked Gabriel who he was and he replied: He is Adam (peace be upon him) and these parties on his right and on his left are the souls of his descendants. Those of them on his right are the inmates of Paradise and the parties which are on his left side are the inmates of Hell; so when he looked towards his right side, he laughed, and when he looked towards his left side, he wept.

Then Gabriel ascended with me to the second heaven. He asked its guardian to open (its gate), and its guardian replied in the same way as the guardian of the lowest heaven had said. He (opened it). Anas b. Malik said: He (the Holy Prophet) mentioned that he found in the heavens Adam, Idris, Jesus, Moses and Abraham (may peace be on all of them), but he did not ascertain as to the nature of their abodes except that he had found Adam in the lowest heaven and Abraham in the sixth heaven. When Gabriel and the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) passed by Idris (peace be upon him) he said: Welcome to the righteous apostle and righteous brother. He (the narrator) said: He then proceeded and said: Who is he? Gabriel replied: It is Idris. Then I passed by Moses (peace be upon him) and he said: Welcome to the righteous apostle and righteous brother. I said to (Gabriel): Who is he? He replied: It is Moses. Then I passed by Jesus and he said: Welcome to the righteous apostle and righteous brother. I said (to Gabriel): Who is he? He replied: Jesus, son of Mary. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Then I went to Ibrahim (peace be upon him). He said: Welcome to the righteous apostle and righteous son. I asked: Who is he? He (Gabriel) replied: It is Abraham. Ibn Shihab said: Ibn Hazm told me that Ibn 'Abbas and Abd Habba al-Ansari used to say that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Thereafter he ascended with me till I was taken to such a height where I heard the scraping of the pens. Ibn Hazm and Anas told that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Allah then made fifty prayers obligatory for my Ummah and I returned with that and passed by Moses. Moses, (peace be upon him) said: What has thy Lord enjoined on thy people? I said: Fifty prayers have been made obligatory on them. Moses (peace be upon him) said: Return to thy Lord, for thy Ummah would not be able to bear this burden. Then I came back to my Lord and He remitted a portion out of that. I then again went to Moses (peace be upon him) and informed him about it He said: Return to thy Lord, for thy Ummah shall not be able to bear this burden. I then went back to my Lord and He said: They are five and at the same time fifty, and what has been said will not be changed. I then returned to Moses and he said: Go back to thy Lord. whereupon I said: I feel ashamed of my Lord. Gabriel then travelled with me till we came to the farthest lote-tree Many a colour had covered it which I do not know. Then I was admitted to Paradise and saw in it domes of pearls, and its soil of musk.

Wish u all Isra' wal mi'raj

 

[ajtr]

Buraq

Main article: Buraq
A Buraq is a mythological winged horse described commonly as a creature which carried the Islamic prophet Muhammad from Mecca to al-Aqsa during the Isra and Mi'raj or "Night Journey". The journey in itself was a physical ascension (from the start of the journey in Mecca to Al-Aqsa and eventually departing from Al-Aqsa to the Heavens. An excerpt from a translation of Sahih al-Bukhari describes a buraq:
I was brought by the Buraq, which is an animal white and long, larger than a donkey but smaller than a mule, who would place its hoof at a distance equal to the range of vision.[9]

A 16th century Persian miniature painting celebrating Muhammad's ascent into the Heavens, a journey known as the Miraj. Muhammad's face is veiled, a common practice in Islamic art.