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- This was the journey of the prophet from Mecca to Jerusalem and from Jerusalem to heaven.
- After the social boycott and incident in Taif, the prophet was so demoralized.
- Allah decided to invite him to heaven, Allah sent angel Gibril to the prophet.
- Gibril reached Muhammad who was at that time in Mecca at night.
- He told the prophet to first ease himself before they embark on the journey.
- After they set off for the journey. However since the distance between Mecca and Jerusalem is so long to be covered in one night, they moved on a horse-like animal called Burak which had wings.
- The animal was so fast in that where it could set its eyes could be its next destination.
- They reached Jerusalem in no time.
- From Jerusalem, they ascended directly with the power of God.
- They reached the first heaven where the prophet led his fellow prophets in prayer.
- They later left, and upon reaching the second heaven, they found prophet Musa.
- As angel Gibril and Muhammad continued moving they passed via hell and the Gibril showed Muhammad its inmates and crimes they had done.
- It said, the majority of them were women.
- The two continued to move until Gibril reached a point and told the prophet to go alone for Gabriel was not supposed to exceed that point.
- Muhammad continued ascending until the highest heaven.
- It is here that he had the voice of God but did not see him.
- Allah asked him what to do the people who had mistreated the prophet and Muhammad replied
“For give them my Lord because, from their backs will come believers”.
- God consoled the prophet and after gave him 50 daily prayers for the Muslims to offer.
- After the prophet started descending. When he reached the second heaven, Musa asked him what Allah had told him.
- Muhammad told Musa about the 50 prayers and Musa told Muhammad to go back and plead to God because they were too many for during Musa’s generation, people were given only two but they failed to pray them.
- Muhammad went back and Allah reduced them up to 45 and upon reaching Musa told him to go back for further reduction which Muhammad did.
- Musa kept on requesting Muhammad to go back for a reduction until they became 5.
- Even the 5 prayers, Musa requested Muhammad to go back to Allah but this time round he refused.
- Muhammad then came back to earth.
- In the morning, he narrated the events of the journey to the Meccans and they said that he was lying.
- It is Abu-Bakr who came up and said that the prophet was telling the truth. This earned Abubakary the title of Al-swidiq meaning the testifier of the truth.
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