Did the Mi'raj occur on the twenty-seventh of Rajab?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question : Did this Mi'raj take place on the night of the twenty-seventh of Rajab?
Answer : It is well known among people that it is the twenty-seventh night of Rajab. Some people have started celebrating it. Some countries make it an official holiday, and they rule by other than what Allah has revealed. Yes, this contradiction is strange: they exalt the Mi'raj by making it an official holiday, yet they deny the Shari'ah by ruling by other than what Allah has revealed. But the truth is that the Mi'raj is not in Rajab. The closest opinion is that it was in Rabi' al-Awwal. In Rabi' al-Awwal, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was born in Rabi' al-Awwal. And the revelation was first sent down to him in Rabi' al-Awwal. Correct? Well, the Qur'an was sent down to him in Ramadan, but the first thing he was started with in the revelation was the true vision in Rabi'. As Aisha said, the first thing the revelation began with was that he used to see the true vision until it came like the breaking of the dawn, and he remained in this state for six months. Rabi' al-Awwal and Rabi' al-Thani, and Jumada al-Ula and Jumada al-Thani, and Rajab and Sha'ban, and in Ramadan the Qur'an was sent down to him. And if you compare this with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih al-Bukhari 6989 and you attribute the six months to the twenty-three years, which is the duration of the revelation, the six months become, relative to the twenty-three years, one part out of forty-six parts of the prophethood. Well, he was born on a day in Rabi' al-Awwal, the revelation came to him in Rabi', but the first thing sent down to him of the Qur'an was in Ramadan. Well, he migrated in Rabi', and he died in Rabi'.
So all the major events in the life of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) were in Rabi'. Therefore, the most authentic opinion is that the Mi'raj was in Rabi' and not in Rajab. But it became well known that it was in Rajab, and it became established among people as if it were certain, just as it became well known that his birth was on the night of the twelfth, which has no basis. Well. The discussion on the Mi'raj is finished. As for the verses in it, when a person reflects on the hadiths of the Mi'raj, he finds in them wonders upon wonders. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Without deviation or crookedness." Deviation is lying, and crookedness is deviation from straightness. So it is truth with no lie in it, and it is straightness with no crookedness or distortion.
Answer : It is well known among people that it is the twenty-seventh night of Rajab. Some people have started celebrating it. Some countries make it an official holiday, and they rule by other than what Allah has revealed. Yes, this contradiction is strange: they exalt the Mi'raj by making it an official holiday, yet they deny the Shari'ah by ruling by other than what Allah has revealed. But the truth is that the Mi'raj is not in Rajab. The closest opinion is that it was in Rabi' al-Awwal. In Rabi' al-Awwal, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was born in Rabi' al-Awwal. And the revelation was first sent down to him in Rabi' al-Awwal. Correct? Well, the Qur'an was sent down to him in Ramadan, but the first thing he was started with in the revelation was the true vision in Rabi'. As Aisha said, the first thing the revelation began with was that he used to see the true vision until it came like the breaking of the dawn, and he remained in this state for six months. Rabi' al-Awwal and Rabi' al-Thani, and Jumada al-Ula and Jumada al-Thani, and Rajab and Sha'ban, and in Ramadan the Qur'an was sent down to him. And if you compare this with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
A good dream is a part of the forty six parts of prophetism.
الرؤيا الصالحة جزء من ستة وأربعين جزءا من النبوة،So all the major events in the life of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) were in Rabi'. Therefore, the most authentic opinion is that the Mi'raj was in Rabi' and not in Rajab. But it became well known that it was in Rajab, and it became established among people as if it were certain, just as it became well known that his birth was on the night of the twelfth, which has no basis. Well. The discussion on the Mi'raj is finished. As for the verses in it, when a person reflects on the hadiths of the Mi'raj, he finds in them wonders upon wonders. The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Without deviation or crookedness." Deviation is lying, and crookedness is deviation from straightness. So it is truth with no lie in it, and it is straightness with no crookedness or distortion.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [513] هل وقع المعراج في السابع والعشرين من رجب؟ - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
