What is the ruling on one who denies the Mi'raj or interprets its meaning figuratively?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on one who denies the Mi'raj or interprets its meaning figuratively?
The Shaykh : We rule that if the truth has become clear to him and he knows the explicit texts from the Sunnah and the apparent meaning of the Noble Qur'an, then the one who denies the Mi'raj is a disbeliever, because he is lying to Allah and His Messenger. If he has doubts regarding this matter, then the doubts must be removed from him until the truth becomes clear to him. Then, if he persists after the doubts are removed, he is also ruled to be a disbeliever, because the Mi'raj is a confirmed truth to which Allah the Exalted referred in His saying:[An-Najm 53:1-8] until He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said: [An-Najm 53:18] As for the Isra, it is also confirmed by the text of the Qur'an in His saying, the Exalted: [Al-Isra 17:1] Many hadiths have converged on the story of the Mi'raj and that it is a confirmed truth. For this reason, many scholars included it in the books of creed and made it part of the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community. However, on this occasion, I would like to clarify that things have been included in the Mi'raj that are lies and fabrications attributed to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), such as the book attributed to Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) in his narration. It is a book circulated among some people containing denounceable, fabricated matters that are not authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So a person should be cautious of it and stay away from it. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
O dear brothers, in conclusion of this meeting, we direct our great thanks to Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymeen, the teacher at the College of Sharia at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Qassim, and the imam and khatib of the Grand Mosque in Unaizah, for his kindness in answering your questions in today's episode. His answers were to the questions of brothers Khaled Abdullah al-Zahrani, Muhammad Mu'ayyad Abd al-Aleem, an Egyptian working in Iraq, listener A S M, a Sudanese resident in Jeddah, listener H A W from the Arbil province of Iraq, listener B M A from al-Bakariyyah in Qassim, and listener Ahmad Tayfur Sayyid Ahmad from Sudan.
O dear brothers, we thank you greatly for your good follow-up, and we look forward to meeting you in a future episode, if Allah wills. And may peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh : We rule that if the truth has become clear to him and he knows the explicit texts from the Sunnah and the apparent meaning of the Noble Qur'an, then the one who denies the Mi'raj is a disbeliever, because he is lying to Allah and His Messenger. If he has doubts regarding this matter, then the doubts must be removed from him until the truth becomes clear to him. Then, if he persists after the doubts are removed, he is also ruled to be a disbeliever, because the Mi'raj is a confirmed truth to which Allah the Exalted referred in His saying:
(1) By the star when it descends, (2) Your companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred, (3) Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination. (4) It is not but a revelation revealed, (5) Taught to him by one intense in strength - (6) One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form (7) While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon. (8) Then he approached and descended
والنجم إذا هوى * ما ضل صاحبكم وما غوى * وما ينطق عن الهوى * إن هو إلا وحي يوحى * علمه شديد القوى * ذو مرة فاستوى * وهو بالأفق الأعلى * ثم دنا فتدلىHe certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
لقد رأى من ءايات ربه الكبرىExalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa
سبحان الذي أسرى بعبده ليلاً من المسجد الحرام إلى المسجد الأقصىThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
O dear brothers, in conclusion of this meeting, we direct our great thanks to Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymeen, the teacher at the College of Sharia at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Qassim, and the imam and khatib of the Grand Mosque in Unaizah, for his kindness in answering your questions in today's episode. His answers were to the questions of brothers Khaled Abdullah al-Zahrani, Muhammad Mu'ayyad Abd al-Aleem, an Egyptian working in Iraq, listener A S M, a Sudanese resident in Jeddah, listener H A W from the Arbil province of Iraq, listener B M A from al-Bakariyyah in Qassim, and listener Ahmad Tayfur Sayyid Ahmad from Sudan.
O dear brothers, we thank you greatly for your good follow-up, and we look forward to meeting you in a future episode, if Allah wills. And may peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.