What did Ibn Kathir say about the Night Journey and Ascension?

"them. Those who believed did so with certainty from their Lord, and those who disbelieved did so after the proof had been established against them. As Allah, the Exalted, said in Surah al-Isra, And We did not make the vision which We showed you, except as a trial for the people. This was a test for them. Ibn Abbas explained that it was a vision of the eye shown to the Prophet. The majority of scholars agree that the Isra and Mi'raj occurred with both his body and soul, as indicated by the context of his journey. The Ascension and related matters. Regarding his ascension in the night journey, it is said, Glory be to"

"as in the hadith of Shariq from Anas, it is mentioned that his eyes slept but his heart did not sleep. He concluded with, then I awoke and found myself in the Hijr, indicating that this was a dream. Other narrations suggest that the Isra occurred while awake, with some claiming there were four Isra events and some even asserted that one of them took place in Medina. Shaykh Shihab al-Din Abu Shama, may Allah have mercy on him, attempted to reconcile the differing accounts of the Isra by proposing three Isra events. One from Mecca to al-Aqsa on al-Buraq, another from Mecca to the heavens on al-Buraq as well, based on the"

"However, he differed by placing it after Abu Talib's death, while Ibn Ishaq mentioned Abu Talib's death after the Isra. Allah knows best which sequence is correct. The key point is that al-Bukhari distinguished between the Isra and the Miraj, dedicating a separate chapter to each. He stated, "'Chapter, the Hadith of the Isra and the saying of Allah, the Exalted, Glory be to him who took his servant by night.'"

"him in reporting it. Now regarding a hadith mentioned by al-Suhayli, it was narrated through a chain involving Ali ibn Abi Talib. It describes a messenger calling the adhan during the Isra, with Allah confirming each word. The angel then led the Prophet, peace be upon him, to lead the inhabitants of the heavens in prayer. Al-Suhayli considered this hadith authentic due to its support from the Isra event. However, it is noted that this hadith is weak, uniquely reported by Ziyad ibn al-Mundir, who is considered unreliable. If the Prophet had heard this on the night of Isra, he would have likely implemented it after the Hijra,"

"Hadith. The account that is preserved in some narrations of the authentic Hadith of the Isra, night journey, is, I passed by the sons of my maternal aunt, John the Baptist, and Jesus, who are the sons of the same maternal aunt, as they say, based on the majority opinion as apparent in the Hadith, for the mother of John, Ashiya, daughter of Imran, is the sister of Mary, daughter of Imran. It is said that Ashiya, the wife of Zachariah, and mother of John, is the sister of Hannah, the wife of Imran, and mother of Mary. This would make John the Baptist a cousin of Mary, but Allah knows best. There is a disagreement regarding the place where John the"

"you are afraid for him, cast him into the sea. Surah al-Qasas 28, 7. Referring to it as a sea. Moreover, in the authentic Hadith, it is reported that during the night journey, Isra, the messenger of God, peace be upon him, reached the Lota tree of the farthest limit, where at its base were four rivers, two hidden and two visible. He asked Jibril, Gabriel about them, and he replied, as for the hidden ones, they are in paradise, and as for the visible ones, they are the Nile and the Euphrates. The Hadith also states that the Nile, the Euphrates, the Sahan, and the Jehun are all among the rivers of paradise. The Nile flows from the south"

"He replied, No, it was only the tree that Allah placed my spirit in. This is a very strange narrative and an astonishing hadith, and its authenticity is disputed. There is nothing in the narrations of the Night Journey that mentions Zakariya, peace be upon him, except in this hadith. What is preserved in some of the authentic wording of the hadith of the Night Journey is that I passed by the cousins Yahya and Isa, who are cousins according to the majority view as is evident from the hadith."

"And if a servant fears his Lord and obeys his masters, he will have two rewards. Al-Bukhari narrated that the prophet, peace be upon him, described his encounters during the night journey. He said, On the night I was taken on the night journey, I met Moses. He appeared to be of medium stature, with curly and thick hair, resembling one of the men of Shenua."

"his most noble stations, in the station of calling people to him, the station of the challenge of prophethood, and during the night journey, Isra, as he said, and when the servant of Allah stood up calling upon him, they almost became a compacted mass upon him. And he said, and if you are in doubt about what we have sent down upon our servant, then produce a surah the like thereof."

"The hadith of water flowing from the Prophet's fingers is confirmed from the narration of Anas and others. The hadith of the Isra, or night journey, is agreed upon from the narration of Anas, though it does not mention the Fajr prayer at Al-Abtah. The hadith of the speaking of the poisoned sheep is narrated by Abu Dawud from Jabir, though it is disconnected."