the morning and evening. Certainly, those things are more surprising and astounding than this one. Thus Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddeeq رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ became famous as ‘Siddeeq’ afterwards. (Al-Mustadrak, vol. 4, pp. 25, Hadees 4515)

Some evil minded people started raising different types of questions in order to reject this great miracle such as:

It is stated in a blessed Hadees that the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: ‘قُرَيۡشٌ تَسۡاَلُنِي عَنۡ مَسۡرَايَ’ Quraysh were asking questions about my Mi’raaj Journey. ‘فَسَاَلَتۡنِي عَنۡ اَشۡيَاءَ مِنۡ بَيۡتِ الۡمَقۡدَسِ لَمۡ اُثۡبِتۡهَا’ So they asked me questions about the things of Bayt-ul-Muqaddas, which (due to being unnecessary) I did not remember. ‘فَكُرِبۡتُ كُرۡبَةً مَا كُرِبۡتُ مِثۡلَهُ قَطُّ’ I was, due to this, so much sad that I had never been so much sad before. ‘فَرَفَعَهُ اللّٰهُ لِيۡ اَنۡظُرُ اِلَيۡهِ مَا يَسۡاَلُوۡنِي عَنۡ شَيۡءٍ اِلَّا اَنۡبَاۡتُهُمۡ بِهِ’ so Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ raised Bayt-ul-Muqaddas for my sake and I started looking at it, therefore I kept telling them about what the Quraysh were asking me. (Sahih Muslim, Kitab-ul-Iman, pp. 106, Hadees 278)

About the questions of polytheists of Makkah, Hakeem-ul-Ummat Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated that the questions were also useless. For example, how many pillars and steps are there in Bayt-ul-Muqaddas? Which direction is the pulpit? It is quite obvious that such things cannot be remembered instead of seeing many times so how is it possible to remember them after seeing them only once? Unbelievers said: We do not know whatever you are talking about ‘Arsh and Kursi, but we have seen Bayt-ul-Muqaddas; tell us the signs of this place, therefore Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ divided this Mi’raaj into two parts: One from (Masjid-ul-Haraam) to Bayt-ul-Muqaddas, then (second) from Bayt-ul-Muqaddas to ahead of ‘Arsh so that people could get information about first part of Mi’raaj with many evidences/arguments. (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 8, pp. 158)

[So when particulars of Bayt-ul-Muqaddas were asked so] the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was a little worried; though the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم entered Bayt-ul-Muqaddas, he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم did not pay careful attention to its particulars. Furthermore, it was a dark night. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ