Book Name:Safar-e-Meraj Or Azmat-e-Mustafa ﷺ

therefore, for a commoner to go to Masjid-ul-Aqsa overnight and then return during the same night is something totally impossible, even it was not possible to cover the distance of one side in one night. Allamah Isma’eel Haqqi عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has said: [Journey] To Aqsa has been mentioned because, in those days, there was no other Masjid so far away as Masjid-ul-Aqsa; it was Masjid-ul-Aqsa that was the farthest Masjid from Makkah; there was a distance of more than a month between Masjid-ul-Haraam and Masjid-ul-Aqsa. (Ruh-ul-Bayan, part 15 Surah Bani Israel, Taht-al-Ayah 1, vol. 5, pp. 114)

 

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                  صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

You are the Imam (Leader) of Ambiya:

Another aspect of the greatness of Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم on the journey of Mi’raaj is that our Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم on that night, led the Salah of all the blessed Ambiya عَـلَـيْهِمُ السَّلَام and blessed them to become his Muqtadi. The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: Riding on it [Buraaq] I reached Bayt-ul-Muqaddas and the place where the blessed Ambiya عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام would tether their riding-animals. I tethered it there. Then I entered the Masjid [Aqsa] and offered two Rak’aat Salah. (Sahih Muslim, Kitab-ul-Imaan, pp. 97, Hadees 259)

 

Wali-e-Kaamil, ‘Allamah Maulana Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thathavi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said:  The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was the Imam of all the Ambiya عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام in this Salah[1] [as] all the Ambiya عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام were gathered in Bait-ul-Muqaddas so that they could be shown the great status and glory of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. (Ref)When the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم came here, all the Ambiya عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام welcomed him. Everyone at the time of Salah, requested him to lead the Salah. Sayyiduna Jibra’eel عَـلَيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوة ُ وَالـسَّلَام then held the blessed hand of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and requested to move forward and then the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم led the Salah of all the Ambiya عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام. (Al-Mu’jam-ul-Awsat lit-Tabarani, vol. 3, pp. 65, Hadees 3879)


 

 



[1] Seerah Sayyid-ul-Ambiya, pp. 128