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Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 27:62

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Hadith 27:62

Hawdha narrated to us, he said: ‘Awf narrated to us, from Zurara ibn Awfa, who said: Ibn Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "When the night of my Isra (Night Journey) occurred, and I reached the morning in Mecca, I was distressed by my affair, and I knew that the people would call me a liar." So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat apart, sorrowful. Abu Jahl passed by, came, and sat with him. He said to him, mockingly: "Has there been anything?" He (the Prophet) said: "Yes." He said: "And what is it?" He said: "I was taken on a night journey tonight." He said: "To where?" He said: "To Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem)." He said: "Then you reached the morning among us?" He said: "Yes." He did not want to call him a liar, fearing that he would deny the hadith if he called his people to him. He said: "Will you tell your people what you told me if I call them to you?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Come, O assembly of Banu Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy, come!" The gatherings dispersed, and they came until they sat with them. He (Abu Jahl) said to him: "Tell your people what you told me." The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "I was taken on a night journey tonight." They said: "To where?" He said: "To Bayt al-Maqdis." They said: "Then you reached the morning among us?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Then [the people reacted], some clapping and some placing their hands on their heads, astonished at the lie they claimed. They said: 'Can you describe the mosque to us?'" He said: "And among the people were those who had traveled to that land and seen the mosque." The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "So I began to describe it to them. I kept describing it to them and describing it until some of the description became confused for me. Then the mosque was brought while I was looking at it, until it was placed before the house of ‘Aqil or the house of ‘Iqal. I described it while I was looking at it." The people said: "As for the description, by Allah, he has gotten it right."

حدثنا هوذة قال ثنا عوف عن زرارة بن أوفى قال قال بن عباس قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لما كان ليلة أسري بي وأصبحت بمكة فظعت بأمري وعرفت أن الناس مكذبي فقعد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم معتزلا حزينا فمر أبو جهل فجاء حتى جلس إليه فقال له كالمستهزئ هل كان من شيء قال نعم قال وما هو قال إني إسري بي الليلة قال إلى أين قال إلى بيت المقدس قال ثم أصبحت بين ظهرانينا قال نعم فلم يرد أنه يكذبه مخافة أن يجحده الحديث إن دعا قومه إليه قال أتحدث قومك ما حدثتني إن دعوتهم إليك قال نعم قال هيا يا معشر بني كعب بن لؤي هلم قال فتنفضت المجالس فجاؤوا حتى جلسوا إليهما فقال له حدث قومك ما حدثتني قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إني أسري بي الليلة قالوا إلى أين قال إلى بيت المقدس قالوا ثم أصبحت بين ظهرانينا قال نعم قال فبين مصفق وبين واضع يده على رأسه متعجبا للكذب زعم وقالوا أتستطيع أن تنعت لنا المسجد قال وفي القوم من قد سافر إلى ذلك البلد ورأى المسجد قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فذهبت أنعت لهم فما زلت أنعت لهم وأنعت حتى التبس علي بعض النعت فجيء بالمسجد وأنا أنظر إليه حتى وضع دون دار عقيل أو دار عقال فنعته وأنا أنظر إليه فقال القوم أما النعت فوالله قد أصاب