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Then he took me to the Lote Tree of the Ending, its leaves are like the ears of elephants, and its fruits are like earthenware vessels. When a command from Allah covers it, that which is covered is transformed, in a way that no creature is capable to describe on account of its absolute beauty. Then, Allah revealed to me what He revealed, and He obligated fifty prayers during each day with its night. Then I descended to Moses, and he asked me, 'What has your Lord obligated upon your nation?' I told him 'fifty prayers' so he told me, 'Go back to your Lord and ask Him to lighten it, your nation will never be able to do that. I tested the Children of Israel and know from experience.' So I went back to my Lord and requested, 'My Lord, lighten it for my nation.' So He reduced it by five, and I returned to Moses and told him, 'He reduced it by five for me.' Moses said, 'Your nation will not be able to do that, go back again to your Lord and ask Him to lighten it.' I kept going and coming between my Lord and Moses until Allah said, 'Muhammad, they are five prayers throughout each day with its night. Each prayer counts as ten, equivalent to fifty prayers. Whosoever intends to do something good, but does not do it, a good deed will be written for him. If he does it, ten will be written for him. Whosoever intends to do something bad but does not do it – nothing will be written against him. If he does it, then one bad deed will be recorded.' Then I returned to Moses and told him and he said, 'Go back to your Lord and ask Him to lighten it.' Whereupon the Messenger of Allah said, ‘I have gone back to my Lord so often, I am shy before Him.’"

A fine detail of the preparatory Heavenly Ascent was narrated by Abu Dharr who tells us that the Messenger of Allah said, "The roof of my house was split open, and Gabriel descended and opened my chest and washed it with water from Zamzam. Then he brought a gold dish filled with wisdom and belief which he poured into my chest and then sealed it. He took me by the hand and ascended with me to the heavens." (Please refer to our first introductory note relating to: Judge Eyad and Hafiz ibn Hajar in which Hafiz ibn Hajar unifies the sequence by organizing all the threads into just one thread based upon his vast comprehension of event. There are many other authentic hadith which add more details to the event, both in the introductory phase of visions and of the actual. Judge Eyad continues to throw more light upon the Night Journey by drawing our attention to the reports of several Companions).

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