{"id":26472,"date":"2026-08-20T16:22:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=26472"},"modified":"2026-10-10T16:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T14:23:54","slug":"israa-and-miraaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=26472","title":{"rendered":"Israa and Mi\u2019raaj"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) returned from Taa\u2019if, Allah Ta\u2018ala took him from Musjid-ul-Haraam to Musjid-ul-Aqsa, and from Musjid-ul-Aqsa to the seven heavens. Allah Ta\u2018ala took Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) on this journey with both his body and soul, in a wakeful state, and this entire journey occurred in a single night. This is referred to as the \u201cIsraa and Mi\u2019raaj\u201d.<\/p>\n

Insha Allah, the details of the Israa and Mi\u2019raaj will be discussed in the chapter relating to the divine miracles of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam).<\/p>\n

There is a difference of opinion among the Ulama of seerah regarding the date when the Israa and Mi\u2019raaj transpired. From all the various views, the most famous view is that the Israa and Mi\u2019raaj occurred on the twenty-seventh of Rajab.<\/p>\n

The Wisdom behind the Israa and Mi\u2019raaj<\/p>\n

By the time the tenth year after receiving Prophethood had passed, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) had traversed all the different stages of tests and difficulties. By this time, there was no form of humiliation that he had not borne for the sake of Allah Ta\u2018ala. However, it is clear that after Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) suffered and tolerated humiliation in the path of Allah Ta\u2018ala, then the outcome could be nothing but him gaining honor and lofty ranks, and being blessed with the Mi\u2019raaj and the ascension.<\/p>\n

Thus, when the humiliation Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) was subjected to reached its peak with the boycott in the valley of Abu Taalib and the journey to Taa\u2019if, then Allah Ta\u2018ala thereafter honored him with the Israa and Mi\u2019raaj. Allah Ta\u2018ala elevated him to such a lofty level that even the greatest of all angels, Hazrat Jibreel (\u2018alaihis salaam), was left behind. Allah Ta\u2018ala took him right to the edge of the universe i.e. to the divine throne of Allah Ta\u2018ala, beyond which there is no other rank and level.<\/p>\n

It is for this reason that some Aarifeen (pious saints blessed with the special recognition of Allah Ta\u2018ala) have mentioned that this journey to the divine throne was an indication of Khatm-e-Nubuwwah (the termination of prophethood). The entire creation and universe terminates at the divine throne. The existence of any creation beyond the throne is not established from the Qur\u2019aan Majeed and Mubaarak Hadith. In the same way, all the virtues and noble attributes of prophethood reached completion with Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam).<\/p>\n

(Extracted from Seeratul Mustafa 1\/487-489)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) returned from Taa\u2019if, Allah Ta\u2018ala took him from Musjid-ul-Haraam to Musjid-ul-Aqsa, and from Musjid-ul-Aqsa to the seven heavens. Allah Ta\u2018ala took Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) on this journey with both his body and soul, in a wakeful state, and this entire journey occurred in a single night. This is referred …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[930,866,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-israa-and-miraaj","category-seerah-2","category-seerah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26472"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26542,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26472\/revisions\/26542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}