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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Did the Night Journey and the Ascension take place on a single night?

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Question : The sixth question: Did the Night Journey and the Ascension take place on a single night, or was the Night Journey on one night and the Ascension on another?

Answer : The correct view is that they took place on a single night, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
[Al-Isra 17:1]
The signs that Allah mentioned showing him are His saying:
He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَىٰ
[An-Najm 53:18]
So the correct view is that the Night Journey and the Ascension took place on a single night.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [511] هل وقع الإسراء والمعراج في ليلة واحدة؟ - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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