The Angels replied: ‘لِرَجُلٍ مِّنَ الْعَرَبِ This belongs to an Arab youth.’ I said: ‘اَنَا عَرَبِیٌّ I am an Arab.’ The Angels responded: ‘لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ This belongs to a Qurayshi youth’. I said: ‘اَنَاقُرَشِیٌّ I am a Qurayshi.’ The Angels responded: ‘لِرَجُلٍ مِّنْ اُمَّۃِ مُحَمَّدٍ This belongs to a person from the Ummah of Muhammad’. I said: ‘اَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ I am Muhammad (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم).’ The Angels responded: ‘لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابThis palace belongs to Sayyiduna Umar Bin Khattab رَضِىَ اللهُ عَـنْهُ’.

The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم stated: ‘I desired that I enter that palace so that I could see it, but then I remembered your self respect (O Umar)’. After hearing this, Amir-ul-Mu’mineen Umar Faruq A’zam رَضِىَ اللهُ عَـنْهُ began to reply: Ya Rasoolallah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! May my mother and father be sacrificed for you! Would I ever have a self respect over you?! (Tirmizi, vol. 5, pp. 386, Hadees 3709; Bukhari, vol. 2, pp. 525, Hadees 3679)

(3) Sublime and Superior Palaces

It is stated in a blessed hadith: On the night of Mi’raj, the Beloved and Blessed Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم saw some sublime and superior palaces in Paradise, which he asked Sayyiduna Jibraeel عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام about, who replied saying: These are for those who swallow their anger and forgive people, and Allah Almighty favours those who do well (to others).^[1]

(4) Domed Tents

It is in another hadith: In the beautiful night of the journey of Mi’raj, the Leader of the Prophets صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, whilst travelling through Paradise saw tents made of pearls in the shape of domes and their soil was musk. He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم asked Sayyiduna Jibraeel عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام: ‘O Jibraeel! Who are these for? He replied; O Muhammad (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم)! They are for the Imams and Mu’azzins of your Ummah. ^[2]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد