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Most of the Companions, including, Abbas' son. Jabir, Anas Hudhayfa, Abu Hurayrah, Sa'sa'as son Malik, Abu Habba Al Badri, Masood's son, Ad Dahhak, Jubair's son Sa'id, Katada, the son of Al Musayyab, Shehab's son, Zayd's son, Al Hasan Al Basri, Abraham, Masruk, Muhjahid, Ikrima and Jurayi's son, believe that he went on the Night Journey in his physical body while he was awake. This opinion is upheld by the majority of jurists, scholars of hadith, theology, and by those who explained the Holy Koran.
Allah says: "Exalted is He who carried His worshiper to travel in the night from the Sacred Mosque to the Furthest Mosque which We have blessed around it so that We might show him some of Our signs. He is the Hearer, the Seer" (17:1).
When the Koraysh asked the Prophet (about Gabriel and the Angelic Assembly) Abu Hurayrah tells that the Prophet said, "The Koraysh asked me about my Night Journey. They asked me things of which I was unsure (because he did not record trivial matters) and I became more upset than I had ever been, then Allah raised it in front of me so I could look at it."
Rebuttal to Those Who Say the Night Journey
Was Just a Dream
(Shaykh Darwish commented: There are some people, who lived many centuries after the Ascent and Night Journey took place, who claim the event was a dream. To support their opinion they quote the verse, "We did not make the vision (ru'yah) which We showed to you…. except to be a trial for people" (17:60). Accordingly, they named the Night Journey and Ascent as being a vision, while the Isra verse negates such, because He said, "Exalted is He who carried His worshiper (Prophet Muhammad) to travel in the night from the Sacred Mosque to the Furthest Mosque which We have blessed around it so that We might show him some of Our signs. He is the Hearer, the Seer." (17:1)" And no one can say that the Night Journey was while he was sleeping. Also, the word "trial" in (17:60) proves that it is the sighting of an eye because a vision has no trial in it, and no one will deny a vision regardless of how far its distance!)
There is no disagreement among scholars that, the verse, “When We said to you, 'Indeed, your Lord encompasses all people.' We did not make the vision which We showed to you, and the tree cursed in the Koran except to be a trial for people, and We frighten them, but it only increases them in great insolence. (17:60) was revealed with regard to the decision taken by Prophet Muhammad at Hudaybiyah, and relates to the disappointed, would-be pilgrims.
Those people who claim the Night Journey to be simply a vision rather than an event quote this verse to support their claim yet at the same time choose to overlook the first verses of the same
Allah says: "Exalted is He who carried His worshiper to travel in the night from the Sacred Mosque to the Furthest Mosque which We have blessed around it so that We might show him some of Our signs. He is the Hearer, the Seer" (17:1).
When the Koraysh asked the Prophet (about Gabriel and the Angelic Assembly) Abu Hurayrah tells that the Prophet said, "The Koraysh asked me about my Night Journey. They asked me things of which I was unsure (because he did not record trivial matters) and I became more upset than I had ever been, then Allah raised it in front of me so I could look at it."
Rebuttal to Those Who Say the Night Journey
Was Just a Dream
(Shaykh Darwish commented: There are some people, who lived many centuries after the Ascent and Night Journey took place, who claim the event was a dream. To support their opinion they quote the verse, "We did not make the vision (ru'yah) which We showed to you…. except to be a trial for people" (17:60). Accordingly, they named the Night Journey and Ascent as being a vision, while the Isra verse negates such, because He said, "Exalted is He who carried His worshiper (Prophet Muhammad) to travel in the night from the Sacred Mosque to the Furthest Mosque which We have blessed around it so that We might show him some of Our signs. He is the Hearer, the Seer." (17:1)" And no one can say that the Night Journey was while he was sleeping. Also, the word "trial" in (17:60) proves that it is the sighting of an eye because a vision has no trial in it, and no one will deny a vision regardless of how far its distance!)
There is no disagreement among scholars that, the verse, “When We said to you, 'Indeed, your Lord encompasses all people.' We did not make the vision which We showed to you, and the tree cursed in the Koran except to be a trial for people, and We frighten them, but it only increases them in great insolence. (17:60) was revealed with regard to the decision taken by Prophet Muhammad at Hudaybiyah, and relates to the disappointed, would-be pilgrims.
Those people who claim the Night Journey to be simply a vision rather than an event quote this verse to support their claim yet at the same time choose to overlook the first verses of the same