Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

Chapter 44: Concerning al-Israa’ (night journey) of the Messenger of
Allaah ﷺ from Makkah to Bait al-Maqdis, then his ascension to the
heavens, and the signs he saw there
Ibn `Asaakir (in his book “Taareekh Damishq”) reported the Aḥaadeeth about al-Israa’
(the night journey) (as an incident which took place) in the early beginnings of the
Prophetic mission, whereas Ibn Is-ḥaaq mentioned them in this place, i.e. some ten
years after the mission, and this is what is more apparent.
We (Ibn Katheer) have already mentioned the Aḥaadeeth relating to this in details,
‏:تعاىل regarding the saying of Allaah
‏﴿س ب حَانَُالَّذِيُأَس رَىُبِعَب دِهُِلَي ال ‏ُمِّنَُال مَس جِ‏ دُِاحل ‏َرَامِ‏ ‏ُإِىلَ‏ ‏ُال مَس جِ‏ دُِاِّل ‏َق صَىُالَّذِيُبَارَك نَاُحَُ‏ و لَه ‏ُلِن رِيَه ‏ُمِن ُ
آيَاتِنَاُ‏ ‏ُۖإِنَّه ‏ُه وَُالسَّمِيع ‏ُال بَصِريُ﴾‏
{Glorified (and Exalted) be He (Allaah) [above all that (evil) they associate with Him],
Who took His slave (Muḥammad) for a journey by night from al-Masjid al-Ḥaraam (at
Makkah) to al-Masjid al-Aqsaa (farthest Masjid), the neighborhood whereof We have
blessed, in order that We might show him (Muḥammad) of Our Aayaat (proofs,
evidence, lessons, signs, etc.). Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer.} [Surah al-
Israa’ (17):1]
Let us then record from there the chains of narrations, the sources, and the support for
or criticism of these. This will be convincing and sufficient in itself. And all praise is for
Allaah alone…
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This is the last of what the Shaikh, the Muḥaddith, Muḥammad Naaser-ud-Deen al-
Albaanee هللا ُ , wrote with his hands in “Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Seerah al-Nabawiyyah”, and he
passed away before he could complete this task.
احل ‏َم د ‏ُُلِلَّهُُِالَّذِيُبِنِع مَتِهُُِتَتِمُُُّالصَّاحلَِات ُ
رمحه
All praise is for Allaah by Whose grace good deeds are completed
وصلى اهلل وسلم وبارك على عبده ورسوله نبينا حممد وعلى آله وأصحابه أمجعني
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