Many Muslims believe that Miraj of Muhammad (PBUH) was a physical journey. In contrary, Allah has said that Miraj was a vision or ru'ya (Surah Bani-Israil Ayat 60). Our dear Prophet experienced this extraordinary vision when contemporary people were relentlessly humiliating him. Even after years of his dedicated mission, only few people had accepted the Truth. In such circumstances, it is natural that anybody would be disheartened and be in a low morale. During such a period of preaching, Allah (SWT) granted our Prophet a vision that he is leading a salat where all the past prophets were attending. This vision signifies that our dear Rasul would be the imam of the whole world as all the previous prophets acknowledged his highest level of dignity and status. Thus, it can be concluded that his preaching would soon prevail all over the world. In this spiritual journey, he traveled beyond the world and observed a view of the universe. Many people of his time assumed this to be a physical journey. To correct them, our prophet said that he was in the stage of half-sleep and half-awake. When he woke up (or completed the journey), he found his seat to be warm. This attests that the journey consumed a brief moment. All the incidents that happened in this short period *can only occur spiritually **or in ru'ya.*
The disbelievers thought that our rasul implied a physical journey and they ridiculed our prophet and demanded a book to be brought down from the heaven (Bani-Israil, Ayat 93). Our rasul replied: “but I am just a human being” (Ayat 93). This Ayat confirms that he does not possess power of a superman or is not provided with a 'burraq' to travel physically to heaven and bring a book! Unfortunately,these days we Muslimsstarted to believe that the journey was physical.
“Pak hai woh zaat jo lay gayi apnay banday:saw: ko aik hi raat main Zameen say Arsh tak”
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**Yes its true that He was a human being but He was an apostle also. This does not controdict with Meraaj. Look at the above line, translation of an ayah. Banday means man. And it is also said in Quran that Allah sent human prophets to humen. If we are angels, then He will send angels as prophet. I dont see any conclusion there.
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Sayyedna Abu Bakkar Sidique :rz: was awarded by the title Sidique because he testified the Meraj as physical journey. He said if Sayeedna Mohammad:saw: said then it is right. He was the first person who testified Meraj.
May Allah award him the best. May Allah guide you too.
just a word of advice, if someone asks a question about your religion, dont get defensive or be offensive, or behave in a hostile manner... it highlights your impatient and ignorance, both of which islam dislikes. It doesnt matter if a muslim asks this question or a non-muslim.. even being a muslim, he might not have had the teachings or guidance as you might have had.. so instead of jumping down his throat.. just answer his question in the most knowledgeable way you can.
Mem Sahib, what exactly did you contribute to the thread or the query? Shoooo, now go back into hiding as you were. Shweety did not have a problem with how I replied or reacted, who the hell are you to speak on her behalf.
I see above a guy advocating that the Blessed Mi'raj was spiritual only. This is a lie and ignorance of one of the basic happenings in Islam. According to the Hanafi Madhab and ALL SCHOLARS of the 4 schools of Sunni Islam, the Mi'raj (ijma') was PHYSICAL. RasulAllah 'alayhissalam physically journeyed and saw Allah ta'ala
subhanAllah!!
Allah ta'ala bless our Habeeb 'alayhissalam and bless his Pure and Noble family and his sahaba 'alayhim ar Ridwan
thanks thaqib...
was wondering....if he is human and travelled to the heaves as a physical journey then "heaven" essentially is a physical place that MUST exist NOW. It points to the fact that heaven can be travelled to physically.....
however I thought heaven was a place where the soul resides....it is a place where the soul will experience a good time BUT it is still a spiritual entity...
so if heaven IS a spiritual place (where only one can go SPIRITUALLY-the prophet would have gone spiritually too right?)
this is what is confusing me.....
kaleem ko daant pitti hahahahahaha…