Sahih Ibn Hibban 48

Translation

✧ "While I was in the Ḥaṭīm – or perhaps he said in the Ḥijr – a visitor came to me and split open from here to here. I said to al-Jārūd, who was beside me, 'What does he mean by that?' He said, 'From the hollow of his chest to his pubic hair.' He extracted my heart, then a golden basin filled with faith and wisdom was brought to me. My heart was washed, then filled, then returned. Then I was brought a white beast, larger than a donkey but smaller than a mule. Al-Jārūd said to him, 'Was it al-Burāq, O Abū Ḥamzah?' Anas said, 'Yes; its stride was as far as its eye could see. I was mounted on it and Jibrīl departed with me until he came to the lowest heaven. He asked for it to be opened, and it was said, "Who is this?" He said, "Jibrīl." It was said, "Who is with you?" He said, "Muḥammad ﷺ." It was said, "Has he been sent for?" He said, "Yes." It was said, "Welcome to him; what an excellent coming!" So it was opened. When I had entered, there was Ādam. He said, "This is your father Ādam, so greet him." I greeted him, and he returned the greeting, then said, "Welcome to the righteous son and righteous prophet." Then he ascended with me until he came to the second heaven. He asked for it to be opened, and it was said, "Who is this?" He said, "Jibrīl." It was said, "Who is with you?" He said, "Muḥammad." It was said, "Has he been sent for?" He said, "Yes." It was said, "Welcome to him; what an excellent coming!" So it was opened. When I had entered, there were Yaḥyā and ʿĪsā, who were maternal cousins. He said, "This is Yaḥyā and ʿĪsā, so greet them." I greeted them, and they returned the greeting, then said, "Welcome to the righteous brother and righteous prophet." Then he ascended with me to the third heaven. He asked for it to be opened, and it was said, "Who is this?" He said, "Jibrīl." It was said, "Who is with you?" He said, "Muḥammad ﷺ." It was said, "Has he been sent for?" He said, "Yes." It was said, "Welcome to him; what an excellent coming!" So it was opened. When I had entered, there was Yūsuf. He said, "This is Yūsuf, so greet him." I greeted him, and he returned the greeting, then said, "Welcome to the righteous brother and righteous prophet." Then he ascended with me until he came to the fourth heaven. He asked for it to be opened, and it was said, "Who is this?" He said, "Jibrīl." It was said, "Who is with you?" He said, "Muḥammad ﷺ." It was said, "Has he been sent for?" He said, "Yes." It was said, "Welcome to him; what an excellent coming!" So it was opened. When I had entered, there was Idrīs. He said, "This is Idrīs, so greet him." I greeted him, and he returned the greeting, then said, "Welcome to the righteous brother and righteous prophet."

Grades by grader

What scholars said about it

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• Abū Ḥatim al-Rāzī

  سألت أبي عن حديث رواه يونس عن الزهري عن أنس عن أبي ذر عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في المعراج ورواه قتادة عن أنس عن مالك بن صعصعة عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقيل لأبي أيهما أشبه قال أنا لا أعدل بالزهري أحدا من أهل عصره ثم قال إني أرجو أن يكون جميعا صحيحين وقال مرة حديث الزهري أصح قلت لأبي وقد اختلفوا على الزهري قال نعم منهم من يقول عن الزهري عن أنس عن أبي بن كعب والزهري عن أنس عن أبي ذر أصح

  machine translationI asked my father about a hadith that Yūnus narrated from al-Zuhrī, from Anas, from Abū Dharr, from the Prophet ﷺ, concerning the Ascension (al-miʿrāj), and that Qatādah narrated from Anas, from Mālik b. Ṣaʿṣaʿah, from the Prophet ﷺ. It was said to my father: which of the two is closer? He said: I do not set anyone of the people of his era level with al-Zuhrī. Then he said: I hope that both are sound. Another time he said: the hadith of al-Zuhrī is more sound. I said to my father: they differed regarding al-Zuhrī. He said: Yes, some of them say, from al-Zuhrī, from Anas, from Ubayy b. Kaʿb, but al-Zuhrī from Anas from Abū Dharr is more sound. Report a problem

  in صحيح ابن حبان, p. 48
• Dāraquṭnī

  يرويه الزهري عن أنس حدث به عنه عقيل ويونس واختلف عن يونس فقال أبو ضمرة عن يونس عن أبي وأحسب سقط عليه ذر فجعله عن أبي بن كعب ووهم فيه وروى هذا الحديث قتادة عن أنس بن مالك عن مالك بن صعصعة وأتى به بطوله وروى بعضه شعبة عن قتادة عن أنس عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قصة النهرين حدث به إبراهيم بن طهمان عن شعبة ويشبه أن تكون الأقاويل كلها صحاحا لأن رواتهم أثبات

  machine translationAl-Zuhrī narrates it from Anas; ʿUqayl and Yūnus related it from him. There is disagreement about Yūnus: Abū Ḍamrah said, from Yūnus, from Abū, and I think that "Dharr" dropped out for him, so he made it from Ubayy b. Kaʿb and was mistaken in it. Qatādah also narrated this hadith from Anas b. Mālik, from Mālik b. Ṣaʿṣaʿah, and he brought it in full. Shuʿbah narrated part of it from Qatādah, from Anas, from the Prophet ﷺ, the story of the two rivers; Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān related it from Shuʿbah. It seems that all the accounts are sound, because their narrators are reliable (athbāt). Report a problem

  in صحيح ابن حبان, p. 48

Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 3342Sahih Muslim 162bSahih Muslim 163

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), virtuous and well known; he would often narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl) and practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. 110 AH
   الحسن البصريثقة فقيه ، فاضل مشهور ، وكان يرسل كثيرا ويدلس
   حدثنا
3. 3
   Qatādah b. Diʿāmah

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 117 AH, or: 118 AH
   قتادة بن دعامةثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Hammām

   Trustworthy (thiqah), who sometimes erred (rubbamā wahima)d. 163 AH, or: 164 AH, also said: 165 AH
   همام بن يحيى بن دينارثقة ربما وهم
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Hudbah b. Khālid

   trustworthy (thiqah), devout worshipper, al-Nasāʾī alone considered him soft (layyin)d. 235 AH, or: 236 AH, or: 237 AH, or: 238 AH, also said: 239 AH
   هدبة بن خالدثقة عابد ، تفرد النسائي بتليينه
   حدثنا
6. 6
   al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān

   d. 303 AH
   الحسن بن سفيان النسوي
   أخبرنا
7. 7
   Ibn Ḥibbān

   d. 354 AH
   ابن حبان

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.