Bayhaqi's Dala'il — the prophets seen in the Night Journey

دلائل النبوة للبيهيقي — رؤيا الأنبياء في الإسراء

In his chapters on the Night Journey al-Bayhaqi reports from Ibn Abbas that the Prophet ﷺ said he saw, on the night he was taken, Moses as a tall dark man as though of the people of Shanua, Jesus of medium build ruddy-white with lank hair, Malik the keeper of Hellfire, and the Dajjal in signs God showed him — 'do not doubt that you will meet him'. Muslim transmits it in Kitab al-Iman through Abd ibn Humayd and Yunus ibn Muhammad; al-Bukhari and Muslim also carry the shorter Shubah-Qatadah version. The author presents it among the marvels witnessed on the Isra and Mi'raj.

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«رأيت ليلة أُسري بي موسى بن عمران رجلاً طوالاً جعداً كأنه من رجال شنوءة، ورأيت عيسى بن مريم مربوع الخلق إلى الحمرة والبياض سبط الرأس، ورأيت مالكاً خازن جهنم والدجال»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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Part of: Dalail al-Nubuwwa
Mentions: Muhammad

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Dalail al-Nubuwwa — al-Bayhaqi

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Bayhaqi's Dala'il — the palm trunk's lament

The Prophet used to preach facing a palm trunk until a minbar was made for him; the trunk then wailed and wept until its cry was heard, and he came down and embraced it — it was said to weep for no longer hearing the remembrance at its side. Another chain has the trunk crack and split as he passed it, until he touched it and it fell silent; Ubayy ibn Ka'b kept it in his house until worms consumed it. Al-Shafi'i summed it: God gave no prophet what He gave Muhammad — the trunk that wailed when the minbar was set for him.