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Setting out from al-Masjid al-Haram

The Prophet was taken by night from al-Masjid al-Haram, in body according to the sounder view, riding the Buraq with Jibril (al-Raheeq p. 138).

ليلة واحدة لم يحدد الرحيق يومها؛ الزمن نفسه مختلف فيه على ستة أقوال (الرحيق ص137).

Stations

Setting out from al-Masjid al-Haram— Day 1 ≈ · Mecca
The Prophet was taken by night from al-Masjid al-Haram, in body according to the sounder view, riding the Buraq with Jibril (al-Raheeq p. 138).The Isra and Mi'raj

Al-Aqsa and the prayer with the prophets— Day 1 ≈ · Jerusalem
He landed in Jerusalem, led the prophets in prayer, tied the Buraq to the ring of a door of the mosque, and was then ascended that night from Jerusalem to the lowest heaven (al-Raheeq p. 138).The Isra and Mi'raj

Overview

The earthly route of the Night Journey: from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to the Furthest Mosque in Jerusalem on the Buraq, in the company of Gabriel, as part of the event of the Night Journey and the Ascension ¹.

The route

Al-Rahiq states that the Prophet was taken by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Furthest Mosque, riding the Buraq. He then alighted in Jerusalem and led the prophets in prayer ². The text gives no stations between the two cities and no distance, so only the two endpoints are named here.

The ascent

After Jerusalem the text describes the ascent to the heavens, the meeting with the prophets there, and the prescription of prayer. This is a matter of faith rather than a geographic route, so it is not included in this route ³.

The return

On these pages the text does not describe the Prophet's return to Mecca by a particular road. It says only that he told his people in the morning what he had seen ⁴.

Note on the order

Al-Rahiq gives the chronology in different accounts and does not weigh between them, so no specific date is attributed to this route ⁵.

Sources

al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, pp.137-138

al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p.138

al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, pp.138-140

al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p.140

al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p.137

Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Sahih al-Bukhari

The Isra route

At a glance