Book Name:Safar e Meraj Aur Pyari Namaz

entered Bayt al-MaꜤmūr with the white-clothed people of my nation alongside me. I and every Muslim of my nation then offered prayer inside.[1]

سُبْحٰنَ اللہ Dear Islamic brothers! Look at the kindness and grace shown to us by the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! At the time of this event, our souls, the souls of those who came before us, and the souls of every Muslim to come until the Day of Judgement were all in ꜤĀlam al-Arwāḥ (the realm of the souls). We all came to the beloved Prophet   صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and offered prayer behind him, and that too in Bayt al-MaꜤmūr, the Qiblah of the angels!

Imam Aḥmad Razā Khān رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه explains this by saying:

Some were in the first row, others in the second, some in the third, whilst some were in rows found outside Bayt al-MaꜤmūr. Everyone was in a place befitting their rank. Some of the followers’ clothes were white, whilst others were dirty. The white-clothed individuals were the pious, and those with dirty clothing were sinners like us.[2]

Prayer – the gift of Mirāj

Dear Islamic brothers! The Messenger of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم saw Allah Almighty with his own eyes on the night of MiꜤrāj, and we have no idea of the secrets that were mentioned between them during this.

Yet, we know Allah Almighty granted His beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم an amazing array of gifts on that blessed night. Three of them are, the final verses of Sūrah al-Baqarah, the five daily prayers, and forgiveness


 

 



[1] Musnad al-Ḥārith, Kitāb al-Īmān, p. 174, Hadith:27, with some change.

[2] Malfūẓāt-e-Ala Hazrat, p. 487