Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 33861 — What Allah the Exalted gave Muhammad

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When the night of the Night Journey (Mi'raj) came and I reached the morning in Makkah, I was bewildered by my situation, and I felt that the people would deny me. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sat alone, grieving. Abu Jahl passed by him, came and sat with him, and said to him in a mocking way: Has anything happened? He said: Yes. He said: What has happened? He said: I was taken on the Night Journey last night. He said: To where? He said: To Bayt al-Maqdis. He said: And then by morning you were back among us? He said: Yes. He did not show that he disbelieved him, for fear that he would deny it if he called his people to him. He said: Will you tell your people what you have told me, if I call them to you? He said: Yes. So he said: O people of Banu Ka'b bin Lu'ayy, come! So the gatherings broke up, and they came and sat with the two of them. He said to him: Tell your people too what you told me. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Last night I was taken on the Night Journey. They said: To where? He said: To Bayt al-Maqdis. They said: And then by morning you were back among us? He said: Yes. Some of them began clapping, and others placed their hands on their heads in amazement at what they considered a lie. And they said to me: Can you describe the Mosque to us? Among the people were some who had travelled to that city and had seen the Mosque. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I began describing it to them, until I became uncertain about some of its features. Then the Mosque was brought before me while I was looking at it, and it was placed in front of the house of Aqil or the house of Iqal. I described it while looking at it. The people said: As for the description, by Allah, it is entirely correct.