Narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Malik bin Sa’sa’ah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) described to them about the night of Isra: I was lying in the Hatim when a comer, that is, Jibril (peace be upon him), came to me and said to his companion: Among these three, the one lying in the middle is (Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him). So he came to me and split me from this place to that place lengthwise. Qatadah says: I asked Jarud, who was sitting beside me, what did he (peace and blessings be upon him) mean by this? He said: From the hollow between the collarbones to the place where the pubic hair grows, the belly was split open. Then my heart was taken out, and a golden tray filled with faith and wisdom was brought to me. Then my heart was washed and filled with faith and wisdom and then returned to its original state. After that, a white animal was brought to me, which seemed smaller than a mule and bigger than a donkey. Jarud, the narrator, said: O Abu Hamzah! Was this animal Buraq? He said: Yes, the step of this animal would reach as far as its sight could go. I (Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him) was mounted on it, and Jibril (peace be upon him) took me along until he brought me to the lowest heaven and asked for the door to be opened. It was said: Who is this? He said: Jibril. It was said: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It was said: Has he been sent for? He said: Yes. It was said: Welcome, your coming is the best arrival. So the door of the heaven was opened. When I passed through it, I saw Adam (peace be upon him) sitting there. Jibril said: This is your father Adam, greet him. I greeted him, and he replied to my greeting and said: Welcome to the righteous son and righteous Prophet. Then Jibril moved forward and reached the second heaven, and asked for the door to be opened. It was said: Who is this? He said: Jibril. It was said: And who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It was said: Has he been sent for? He said: Yes. It was said: Welcome, this is the best arrival. Then the door was opened, and when I passed through it, I saw two maternal cousins, Yahya and Isa (peace be upon them), sitting there. Jibril said: These are Yahya and Isa, greet them. So I greeted them, and they replied to my greeting and said: Welcome to the righteous brother and righteous Prophet. Then he took me up to the third heaven and asked for the door to be opened. It was said: Who is this? He said: Jibril. It was said: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It was said: Has he been sent for? He said: Yes. It was said: Welcome, your coming is the best arrival. Then the door was opened, and when I passed through it, I saw Yusuf (peace be upon him) sitting there. Jibril said: This is Yusuf (peace be upon him), greet him. So I greeted him, and he replied to my greeting and said: Welcome to the righteous brother and righteous Prophet. Then he moved forward until he reached the fourth heaven and asked for the door to be opened. It was said: Who is this? He said: I am Jibril. It was said: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It was said: Has he been sent for? He said: Yes. It was said: Welcome, his coming is the best arrival. So the door was opened. When I entered, I saw Idris (peace be upon him) sitting there. Jibril (peace be upon him) said: This is Idris, greet him. So I greeted him, and he replied to my greeting and then said: Welcome to the righteous brother and righteous Prophet. After that, Jibril (peace be upon him) ascended to the fifth heaven and asked for the door to be opened. It was said: Who is this? He said: Jibril. It was said: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It was said: Has he been sent for? He said: Yes. It was said: Welcome, his coming is the best arrival. So the door was opened. When I passed through it, I saw Harun (peace be upon him) sitting there. Jibril said: This is Harun, greet him. So I greeted him, and he replied to my greeting, then he said: Welcome to the righteous brother and righteous Prophet. Then they began to ascend until they reached the sixth heaven and asked for the door to be opened. It was said: Who are you? He said: Jibril. It was said: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It was said: Has he been sent for? He said: Yes. It was said: Welcome, his coming is the best arrival. So the door was opened. When I entered, I saw Musa (peace be upon him) sitting there. Jibril (peace be upon him) said: This is Musa, greet him. So I greeted him, and he replied to my greeting and then said: Welcome to the righteous brother and righteous Prophet. When I moved ahead of him, he began to weep. He was asked: Why are you weeping? He said: I am weeping because a man was sent after me, but the majority of his Ummah will enter Paradise compared to my Ummah. Then they moved forward and reached the seventh heaven and asked for the door to be opened. It was said: Who is this? He said: Jibril. It was said: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It was said: Has he been sent for? He said: Yes. It was said: Welcome, this is the best arrival. So the door was opened. When I passed through it, I saw Ibrahim (peace be upon him) sitting there. Jibril (peace be upon him) said: This is Ibrahim (peace be upon him), greet him. So I greeted him, and he replied to my greeting and said: Welcome to the righteous son and righteous Prophet. Then Sidrat al-Muntaha was raised for me. Its fruit was like the jars of Hajar and its leaves like the ears of elephants. Jibril (peace be upon him) said: This is Sidrat al-Muntaha. There were four rivers there, two hidden and two apparent. I said: O Jibril! What is this? He said: These two hidden rivers are going into Paradise, and these two apparent rivers are the Nile and the Euphrates. Then Bayt al-Ma’mur was raised for me. Imam Hasan al-Basri narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw Bayt al-Ma’mur, into which seventy thousand angels enter every day and never return again. Then the narrator returned to the hadith of Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) and said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then a vessel of wine, a vessel of milk, and a vessel of honey were brought to me. I took the milk. He said: This is the natural disposition (fitrah); you and your Ummah are upon fitrah. Then fifty prayers were made obligatory upon me in a day. But when I returned and passed by Musa (peace be upon him), he said: What have you been commanded? I said: I have been commanded to perform fifty prayers in a day. He said: Indeed, your Ummah will not be able to perform fifty prayers. I have tested the people before you, and I have dealt strictly with Bani Israel. Therefore, return to your Lord and ask for a reduction for your Ummah. So I returned, and Allah Almighty reduced ten prayers. Then when I returned and passed by Musa (peace be upon him), he said: What have you been commanded? I said: I have been commanded to perform forty prayers in a day. He said: Indeed, your Ummah will not be able to perform forty prayers in a day. I have tested the people before you, and I have dealt strictly with Bani Israel. Therefore, return to your Lord and ask for a reduction for your Ummah. So I returned, and Allah Almighty reduced another ten prayers. Then I returned to Musa (peace be upon him), and he said: What have you been commanded? I said: I have been commanded to perform thirty prayers in a day. He said: Indeed, your Ummah will not be able to perform thirty prayers in a day. I have tested the people before you, and I have dealt strictly with Bani Israel. Therefore, return and ask your Lord for a reduction for your Ummah. So I returned, and Allah Almighty reduced another ten prayers. But when I returned to Musa (peace be upon him), he asked the same question: What have you been commanded? I said: Twenty prayers in a day. He again said: Your Ummah will not be able to perform twenty prayers in a day. I have tested the people before you, and I have dealt strictly with Bani Israel. Therefore, return to your Lord and ask for a reduction for your Ummah. So I returned, and I was commanded to perform ten prayers in a day. But when I returned to Musa (peace be upon him) and he asked what I had been commanded, I said: Ten prayers in a day. This time again he said: Indeed, your Ummah will not be able to perform ten prayers in a day. I have tested the people before you, and I have dealt strictly with Bani Israel. Therefore, return to your Lord and ask for a reduction for your Ummah. So I returned again, and I was commanded to perform five prayers in a day. I returned to Musa (peace be upon him), and he asked: What have you been commanded? I said: I have been commanded to perform five prayers in a day. He again said: Indeed, your Ummah will not be able to perform five prayers in a day. I have tested the people before you, and I have dealt strictly with Bani Israel. Therefore, return to your Lord and ask for a reduction for your Ummah. This time I said: I have asked my Lord so many times that I am now ashamed before Him. Now I am content and accept this. So when I moved forward, a caller called out: Indeed, I have established My obligation and have given relief to My servants.

(Second chain) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Malik bin Sa’sa’ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I was in a state between sleep and wakefulness near the Ka’bah when I heard the voice of someone speaking: He is one of the three, … … , then the Bayt al-Ma’mur was raised for me, every day seventy thousand angels enter it, and when they leave, they cannot return until the end (of time), then the Sidrat al-Muntaha was raised for me, its leaves were like the ears of elephants, … … , I said: I have gone to my Lord so many times that now I feel shy, I will not go anymore, rather I am pleased and accept, then when I passed beyond Musa (peace be upon him), I was called: Surely I have lessened (the burden) for My servants and established My obligation, and for every good deed I have made the reward tenfold.

(Third chain) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Malik bin Sa’sa’ah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I was in a state between sleep and wakefulness in the House of Allah when a man from among three approached, and then a golden tray was brought to me, filled with wisdom and faith. Then that angel split open the part from my throat down to the lower soft part below my belly, washed my heart with the water of Zamzam, and filled it with wisdom and faith. Then a beast was brought to me, smaller than a mule and larger than a donkey. Then Jibreel (peace be upon him) set out with me, and we reached the lowest heaven. It was asked: Who is this? He said: Jibreel. It was asked: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It was asked: Has he been sent for? He said: Yes. It was said: Welcome to him, his coming is the best arrival, … … .

Narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka’b (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The roof of my house was opened while I was in Makkah, and Jibreel descended. He split open my chest, washed it with the water of Zamzam, then brought a golden tray filled with wisdom and faith, poured it into my chest, and then closed it up. Then he took my hand and ascended with me towards the heavens. When we reached the lowest heaven, he asked for the door to be opened. The gatekeeper said: Who is this? He said: Jibreel. He said: Is there anyone with you? He said: Yes, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is with me. He said: Has he been sent for? He said: Yes. So the door was opened for us. When we ascended above the lowest heaven, I saw a man, and on his right were some beings and on his left were some beings. He would look to his right and smile, and look to his left and weep. He said to me: Welcome, righteous Prophet and righteous son. I asked Jibreel: Who is this? He said: This is Adam (peace be upon him), and these beings on his right and left are the souls of his children. Those on the right are the people of Paradise, and those on the left are the people of Hell. That is why he smiles when he looks to his right and weeps when he looks to his left. Then Jibreel took me further until we reached the second heaven and asked the gatekeeper to open the door. He said the same things as the gatekeeper of the lowest heaven had said.

Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Then he narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) found Adam, Idris, Musa, Isa, and Ibrahim (peace be upon them) in the heavens, but I do not remember their exact stations (i.e., which heaven each was in). However, I do remember that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) found Adam (peace be upon him) in the lowest heaven and Ibrahim (peace be upon him) in the sixth heaven. Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When Jibreel (peace be upon him) and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by Idris (peace be upon him), he said: Welcome, righteous Prophet and righteous brother. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I asked: Who is this? Jibreel said: This is Idris (peace be upon him). Then I passed by Musa (peace be upon him), and he said to me: Welcome, righteous Prophet and righteous brother. I asked: Who is this? He said: This is Musa (peace be upon him). Then I passed by Isa (peace be upon him), and he said: Welcome, righteous Prophet and righteous brother. I asked: Who is this? He said: This is Isa son of Maryam (peace be upon him). Then I passed by Ibrahim (peace be upon him), and he said: Welcome, righteous Prophet and righteous son. I asked: Who is this? He said: This is Ibrahim (peace be upon him).

Ibn Hazm said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas and Sayyiduna Abu Habba Ansari (may Allah be pleased with them) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then he took me further until I ascended to such a level that I heard the sound of pens writing.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah the Exalted made fifty prayers obligatory upon my Ummah. So I returned with them and passed by Musa (peace be upon him), who asked me: What has your Lord enjoined upon your Ummah? I said: Allah the Exalted has made fifty prayers obligatory upon them. Musa (peace be upon him) said to me: Return to your Lord, for your Ummah will not be able to bear that. So I returned to my Lord, and He reduced it by half. I returned again to Musa (peace be upon him) and informed him of the situation. He said: Go back to your Lord, for your Ummah cannot do this. So I went back to my Lord again. Allah the Exalted said: These are five and they are (rewarded as) fifty. My word does not change with Me. So I returned to Musa (peace be upon him), and he again said: Go back to your Lord, but I said: Now I feel shy before my Lord, the Exalted. Then Jibreel took me to Sidrat al-Muntaha. It had many colors, and I do not know what they were. Then I was admitted into Paradise, where I saw domes of pearls and its soil was musk.

Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: He says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Al-Buraq was brought to me. It was an animal, white and long, larger than a donkey and smaller than a mule. It would place its hoof where its gaze reached. I mounted it (and set off) until I reached Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem). I tied it to the ring to which the other Prophets would tie their animals. Then I entered the mosque and prayed two rak‘ahs. When I came out, Jibril (peace be upon him) brought me a vessel of wine and a vessel of milk. I chose the milk. Jibril said: You have chosen the natural disposition (fitrah). Then we were raised towards the heaven. (When we reached there) Jibril asked for the door to be opened. It was said: Who is it? He said: Jibril. It was then said: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It was said: Has he been called? He said: (Yes) he has been called. Then the door was opened for us. I saw Adam (peace be upon him). He welcomed me and prayed for me. Then we were raised to the second heaven. Jibril asked for the door to be opened. It was asked: Who is it? He said: Jibril. The angels asked: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). The angels said: Has he been called? Jibril said: (Yes! He has been called.) Then the door was opened for us. I saw the cousins, ‘Isa ibn Maryam and Yahya ibn Zakariya. Both welcomed me and prayed for my well-being. Then we were raised to the third heaven. Jibril asked for the door to be opened. The angels asked: Who? He said: Jibril. The angels asked: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It was said: Has he been called? Jibril said: Yes! He has been called. So the door was opened for us. There I saw Yusuf (peace be upon him), (from his beauty it was apparent that) half of all beauty had been given to him. He welcomed me and prayed for my well-being. Then we were raised to the fourth heaven. Jibril asked for the door to be opened. It was asked: Who? He said: Jibril. Then it was asked: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It was said: Has he been called? He said: Yes! He has been called. Then the door was opened for us. There I saw Idris (peace be upon him). He welcomed me and prayed for my well-being. Allah the Exalted said: And We raised him to a high station. Then we were raised to the fifth heaven, and the request for the door to be opened was made. It was said: Who? He said: I am Jibril. It was said: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It was asked: Has he been called? Jibril replied: Yes! He has been called. Then the door was opened for us. There I saw Harun (peace be upon him). He welcomed me and prayed for my well-being. Then we were raised to the sixth heaven and the request for the door to be opened was made. It was said: Who? He said: Jibril. It was said: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Then it was asked: Has he been called? He said: Yes! So the door was opened for us. There I saw Musa (peace be upon him). He welcomed me and prayed for my well-being. Then we were raised to the seventh heaven and the request for the door to be opened was made. It was asked: Who? He said: Jibril. It was said: Who is with you? He said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). It was said: Has he been called? Jibril said: Yes! He has been called. So the door was opened. I saw Ibrahim (peace be upon him). He was reclining against the Bayt al-Ma‘mur. (The state of Bayt al-Ma‘mur is such that) every day seventy thousand angels enter it and never return to it again. Then Jibril took me to Sidrat al-Muntaha. Its leaves were like the ears of elephants and its fruit like large jars. When it was covered by what Allah commanded, (its state) changed so that none of Allah’s creation can describe its beauty. Then Allah the Exalted revealed to me and made fifty prayers obligatory every day and night. I descended and came to Musa (peace be upon him). He asked: What has your Lord enjoined upon your Ummah? I said: Fifty prayers. Musa (peace be upon him) said: Go back to your Lord and ask for a reduction, for your Ummah will not be able to bear it. I have tested the Children of Israel and experienced them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So I returned to my Lord and said: O my Lord! Please reduce (the burden of prayers) for my Ummah. So Allah reduced it by five prayers. Then I returned to Musa and informed him that five prayers had been reduced for me. He said: Your Ummah will not be able to bear even this, so go back to your Lord and ask for further reduction. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I kept going back and forth between my Lord and Musa, until Allah the Exalted said: O Muhammad! Five prayers are obligatory every day and night. Each prayer will be rewarded as ten, (thus) making it fifty prayers. (And listen further:) Whoever intends to do a good deed but does not do it, one good deed will be written for him, and if he does it, ten good deeds will be written for him. And whoever intends to do an evil deed but does not commit it, nothing will be written against him, and if he commits it, then one evil deed will be written for him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I descended and came to Musa (peace be upon him) and informed him (of the whole situation). He again said: Return to your Lord and ask for further reduction. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I said: I have returned to my Lord (again and again). Now I feel shy before my Lord.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zir bin Hubaysh, he says: I came to Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him), while he was describing the night of Isra, saying: So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then I went, or we went, and continued to proceed in this manner until we reached Bayt al-Maqdis. Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and Jibreel (peace be upon him) did not enter it. I (Zir) said: Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) enter Bayt al-Maqdis that night and also pray in it? He said: O bald one! What is your name? I recognize you by your face, but I do not know your name. I said: I am Zir bin Hubaysh. He said: How did you know that he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed there that night? I said: The Noble Qur’an informed me of this. He said: Whoever argues with the Qur’an prevails, well then, recite the evidence. I recited this verse: {سُبْحَانَ الَّذِیْ اَسْرٰی بِعَبْدِہِ لَیْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ … } He said: There is no mention in this verse that he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed there. O bald one! Do you see anything in this verse that indicates he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed there? I said: No. He said: By Allah! Those two did not even dismount from Buraq before the gates of the heavens were opened for them, and they saw Paradise, Hell, and all the promises of the Hereafter, and then they returned to where they had started their journey. Then Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) laughed so much that I saw his molar teeth. Then he said: People say that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) tied Buraq so that it would not run away, whereas the One who knows the hidden and the manifest had subjugated Buraq for him (peace and blessings be upon him). I said: O Abu Abdullah! What kind of animal is Buraq? He said: It is a long, white animal of this kind, and its step reaches as far as the eye can see.

(Second chain) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zir bin Hubaysh (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Buraq was brought to me; it was a white, long animal, which would place its hoof at the farthest point it could see. Neither I nor Jibril separated from its back until I reached Bayt al-Maqdis, and then the gates of the heavens were opened for us, and we saw Paradise and Hell. Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pray in Bayt al-Maqdis, while Sayyiduna Zir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Rather, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did pray. Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O bald one! What is your name? I recognize you by your face, but I do not know your name. I said: I am Zir bin Hubaysh. He said: How did you come to know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in Bayt al-Maqdis? I said: Allah Almighty has said: {سُبْحَانَ الَّذِیْ أَسْرٰی بِعَبْدِہِ لَیْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ اِلَی الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَی الَّذِیْ بَارَکْنَا حَوْلَہُ لِنُرِیَہُ مِنْ آیَاتِنَا اِنَّہُ ھُوَ السَّمِیْعُ الْبَصِیْرُ} He said: Do you find anything in this verse that indicates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed? If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had prayed there, then you would also have to pray there, just as you pray in Masjid al-Haram. Sayyiduna Zir said: And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) tied his mount to the ring to which the noble Prophets used to tie theirs. Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Was the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) afraid that it would run away, even though Allah Almighty Himself had given it to him?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that on the night when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was taken on the Isra, he (peace and blessings be upon him) entered Paradise and heard a light sound from one side of it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: O Jibreel! What is this sound? He replied: This is Bilal, the muezzin. Then when he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the people, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, Bilal has succeeded; I have seen this for him. During the journey of Mi’raj, Musa (peace be upon him) met you and welcomed the unlettered Prophet. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He was a wheat-colored, tall man, his hair was straight and reached to his ears or above his ears. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Jibreel! Who is this? He replied: This is Musa (peace be upon him). Then you moved ahead and Isa (peace be upon him) met you and welcomed you. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Jibreel! Who is this? He replied: This is Isa (peace be upon him). Then you moved ahead and an elder met you (peace and blessings be upon him), he was of great majesty and awe, he also welcomed you (peace and blessings be upon him) and greeted you, in fact, all of them greeted you (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: O Jibreel! Who is this? He replied: This is your father Ibrahim (peace be upon him). Then when he (peace and blessings be upon him) looked into the fire, he found some people eating dead corpses and asked: O Jibreel! Who are these people? He replied: These are those who used to eat the flesh of people, that is, they used to backbite them. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw another person, he was red in color, his eyes were blue, he was short in stature and his hair was disheveled. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Jibreel! Who is this? He replied: This is the one who hamstrung the she-camel. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) entered Masjid al-Aqsa, he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood and began to pray. When he turned his attention and then turned again, he saw that all the noble Prophets were praying with him (peace and blessings be upon him). When he (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer, two bowls were brought to him, one from the right side and one from the left side, one contained milk and the other contained honey. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) took the milk and drank it. The angel who had the bowl said: You have chosen the natural disposition.

Abu Alia says: The cousin of your Prophet (Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas) narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Allah Almighty has said that it is not permissible for any servant to say that he is better than Yunus bin Matta. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, attributed him to his father. Then the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned that he was taken on the Night Journey (Isra), and he saw Musa (Moses), peace be upon him; he was a tall man of wheat-colored complexion, as if he was from the people of the Shanu’ah tribe. Then he mentioned Isa (Jesus), peace be upon him, that he was of moderate height, his complexion was inclined towards reddish whiteness, and his body was well-built. Then the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, informed that he saw the Dajjal and Malik, the keeper of Hell.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The night I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra), I saw Musa bin Imran (peace be upon him); he was a wheat-colored, tall man, his hair was lightly curly, and it seemed as if he was a member of the Shanu’ah tribe. And I saw Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him); he was of moderate height, his complexion was inclined towards reddish whiteness, and his hair was straight.