Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 229

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When I was taken on the night journey and the next morning I was in Makkah, I became distressed about my situation, and I realized that the people would call me a liar. So I sat apart, grieving." The enemy of Allah, Abu Jahl, passed by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); he came and sat down beside the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and in a mocking manner he asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Has anything happened?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes!" He asked: "What is it?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Last night I was taken on a journey." He asked: "To where?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "To Bayt al-Maqdis." He asked: "And then (now) you are here among us as well?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes!" He did not show the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he was calling him a liar, fearing that if he brought the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) people to him, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) might deny what he had said. He asked: "What do you think: if I bring your people, will you tell them what you have told me?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes!" He said: "O Banu Ka'b bin Lu'ayy, come here!" So the people sitting in various gatherings came towards him; they came and sat down with the two of them. Abu Jahl said: "Tell your people what you told me." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Last night I was taken on a journey." They asked: "To where?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "To Bayt al-Maqdis." They said: "And then in the morning (that is, now) you are here among us as well?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes!" So some of them clapped, and some expressed amazement and placed their hands on their heads, thinking it was a falsehood. They said: "Can you describe that mosque to us?" Some of those people had travelled to that city and had seen the mosque. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says: "I began describing it, and while describing it I became confused. Then the mosque was brought while I was watching, until it was placed behind the house of Aqil (the narrator is unsure; or perhaps the words are: the house of Iqal), and I began describing that mosque while looking at it."
The narrator says: In this narration there were also words describing it (the mosque), but I have not remembered them. The narrator says: Those people said: "As for the description, by Allah, he has described it correctly."
Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Bazzar recorded it, and Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. The narrators of Imam Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih.