The Night Journey and the Ascension with the Spirit and Body of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)

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Was the Night Journey and the Ascension in a state of wakefulness or in a dream, and was it with his spirit or his body?
The Night Journey and the Ascension were with his body in a state of wakefulness, not in a dream.Because Allah said:

Exalted is He who took His Servant by night

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلاً

[Al-Isra: 1] And He did not say: "with the spirit of His servant." Then, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed the Quraysh in the morning of the night of the Night Journey, they denied it.And they said: How is it possible that you are in Mecca, reach the Sacred Mosque, and return on the same night? This is impossible. If it had been a dream, they would not have denied it, because they know that a sleeping person sees things that do not happen in a state of wakefulness, and they do not deny dreams but acknowledge them. Likewise, regarding the Ascension, Allah the Exalted said in Surat al-Najm:

⁽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 ⁽⁹⁾ And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer. ⁽¹⁰⁾ And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.

وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى * مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَى * وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنْ الْهَوَى * إِنْ هُوَ إِلَاّ وَحْيٌ يُوحَى * عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَى * ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَى * وَهُوَ بِالأُفُقِ الأَعْلَى * ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّى * فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى * فَأَوْحَى إِلَى عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَى

[Al-Najm: 1-10] meaning the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). This expression is not used unless it was with the spirit and the body.

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