It is narrated from Zirr bin Hubaysh; he said: I was in a gathering in which Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) was present, and I said: "When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was taken on the Night Journey, he entered al-Masjid al-Aqsa." Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "O bald one! How did you learn this? I recognise your face but I do not know your name; what is your name?" I told him: "I am Zirr bin Hubaysh al-Asadi." He asked again: "How did you learn that he (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the mosque?" I said: "From the Qur'an." Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever holds fast to the Qur'an succeeds." I recited this verse: "Glory be to the One Who took His servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed." [Surah al-Isra': 1] Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "Do you think that he (peace and blessings be upon him) entered it?" I said: "Yes." He said: "By Allah! He (peace and blessings be upon him) did not enter it; and had he (peace and blessings be upon him) entered it, prayer in it would have been made obligatory upon you." Then he further said: "And he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not leave the back of al-Buraq until he (peace and blessings be upon him) had seen Paradise and Hell and all the promises of the Hereafter." I asked: "O Abu Abdullah! What is al-Buraq?" He said: "It is a mount larger than a donkey and smaller than a mule, and its stride reaches as far as its sight." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), and the two Shaykhs did not record it.