Musnad Ahmad 2819

Translation

✧ When it was the night I was taken on the Night Journey, and I woke up in Makkah, I was distressed by my affair and knew that the people would call me a liar. So he sat apart, saddened. He said: Then the enemy of God, Abu Jahl, passed by him, came and sat with him, and said to him mockingly: Has anything happened? The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Yes. He said: What is it? He said: I was taken on a night journey tonight. He said: To where? He said: To the Sacred House (Jerusalem). He said: Then you woke up among us? He said: Yes. He said: He did not think he was calling him a liar, fearing that he would deny the account if he called his people to it. He said: What if I call your people—will you tell them what you told me? The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Yes. He said: O assembly of Banu Ka'b b. Lu'ayy!—until he said: The gatherings emptied out to him, and they came and sat with the two of them. He said: Tell your people what you told me. So the Messenger of God ﷺ said: I was taken on a night journey tonight. They said: To where? I said: To the Sacred House. They said: Then you woke up among us? He said: Yes. He said: Among them were those who clapped and those who placed their hands on their heads in amazement at what they claimed was a lie. They said: Can you describe the mosque for us?—and among the people were some who had traveled to that land and seen the mosque. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: I began to describe it, and I continued describing until some of the description became confused for me. He said: Then the mosque was brought—while I was looking—until it was placed before the house of 'Iqal or 'Aqil. I described it while looking at it. He said: Along with this there was a description I had not memorized. He said: The people said: As for the description, by God, he has got it right.

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