The Night Journey and the Ascension by Spirit and Body
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, these are the questions we received before the program began. The questioner Abu Ma’har asks: Was the Night Journey and the Ascension of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) by spirit and body, or by spirit only?
Answer:
Yes, the Night Journey was from Makkah to al-Masjid al-Aqsa,[Al-Isra 17:1], and as for the Ascension, it is the elevation of him (peace and blessings be upon him) to the heavens with Jibril (peace be upon him), and this was by his spirit and his body; because Allah the Exalted said, “He carried His servant by night,” and “servant” is a name for the spirit and the body, not a name for the spirit only. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, these are the questions we received before the program began. The questioner Abu Ma’har asks: Was the Night Journey and the Ascension of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) by spirit and body, or by spirit only?
Answer:
Yes, the Night Journey was from Makkah to al-Masjid al-Aqsa,
Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 09 فتاوى على الهواء - 13 / 05 / 1433هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (44:54)
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