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ahmad:23343ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > Ḥudhayfah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , was brought the Burāq, which is a white, tall creature that places its hoof at the farthest point it can reach. It was said that neither he nor Jibrīl moved its back until they reached the House of al-Maqdis (Jerusalem). The gates of the heavens were opened for them and they saw Paradise and Hellfire. Hudaifah said that the Prophet did not pray in al-Maqdis. I said, "Yes, indeed he prayed." Hudaifah asked, "What is your name, O bald one? I recognize your face but I do not know your name." I said, "I am Zirr ibn Hubaysh." He asked, "What makes you so sure? Did you see him praying?" I said, "I said this because of the saying of Allah, 'Glorified is He who carried His servant by night.'" Hudaifah asked again, "Did you see him praying?" If he had prayed there, then we would have prayed there just as we pray in the Sacred Mosque." It was said to Hudaifah that he tied the creature to the ring that the Prophets used to tie their mounts with. Hudaifah said, "Did he fear that it would go away when Allah has given it to him?"  

أحمد:٢٣٣٤٣حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِالْبُرَاقِ وَهُوَ دَابَّةٌ أَبْيَضُ طَوِيلٌ يَضَعُ حَافِرَهُ عِنْدَ مُنْتَهَى طَرْفِهِ قَالَ فَلَمْ يُزَايِلْ ظَهْرَهُ هُوَ وَجِبْرِيلُ حَتَّى أَتَيَا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ وَفُتِحَتْ لَهُمَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَرَأَيَا الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ قَالَ وَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ قَالَ زِرٌّ فَقُلْتُ بَلَى قَدْ صَلَّى قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ مَا اسْمُكَ يَا أَصْلَعُ؟ فَإِنِّي أَعْرِفُ وَجْهَكَ وَلَا أَدْرِي مَا اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَنَا زِرُّ بْنُ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ؟ وَهَلْ تَجِدُهُ صَلَّى؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِقَوْلِ اللهِ {سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ} [الإسراء 1] الْآيَةَ قَالَ وَهَلْ تَجِدُهُ صَلَّى؟ لَوْ صَلَّى فِيهِ صَلَّيْنَا فِيهِ كَمَا نُصَلِّي فِي الْمَسْجِدِالْحَرَامِ وَقِيلَ لِحُذَيْفَةَ رَبَطَ الدَّابَّةَ بِالْحَلَقَةِ الَّتِي يَرْبِطُ بِهَا الْأَنْبِيَاءُ فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ أَوَ كَانَ يَخَافُ أَنْ تَذْهَبَ وَقَدْ آتَاهُ اللهُ بِهَا؟  


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tirmidhi:3147Ibn Abū ʿUmar > Sufyān > Misʿar > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Zir b. Ḥubaysh

"I said to Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman: 'Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform Salat in Bait Al-Maqdis?' He said: 'No.' I said: 'But he did.' He said: 'You say that, O bald one! Based upon what do you say that?' I said: 'Based upon the Qur'an, (the Judge) between you and I is the Qur'an.' So Hudhaifah said: 'Whoever argues using the Qur'an, then he has indeed succeeded.'" (One of the narrators) Sufyan said: "He means: 'He has indeed proven'" - and perhaps he (Sufyan) said: "He triumphed." He (Zirr) said: "Glorified is He Who took His slave for a journey by night from Al-Masjid Al-Haram to Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa (17:1).' He (Hudhaifah) said: 'Do you see (this proves that) he ﷺ performed Salat in it?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'If he had performed Salat in it, then it would have been required upon you that you perform Salat in it, just as it is required that you perform Salat in Al-Masjid Al-Haram.' Hudhaifah said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought a beast with a long back - stretching out like this - one stride of it, is as far as his vision. So, the two of them remained upon the back of Al-Buraq until they saw Paradise and the Fire, and all of what has been prepared for the Hereafter, then they returned back to where they began.' He said: 'They say that he was fettered, but for what? Because he might flee? The Knower of the unseen and the witness subdued him.'"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٣١٤٧حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِحُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ أَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ قَالَ لاَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ أَنْتَ تَقُولُ ذَاكَ يَا أَصْلَعُ بِمَا تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ بِالْقُرْآنِ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ الْقُرْآنُ فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ مَنِ احْتَجَّ بِالْقُرْآنِ فَقَدْ أَفْلَحَ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ يَقُولُ فَقَدِ احْتَجَّ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ قَدْ فَلَجَ فَقَالَ (سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلاً مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى ) قَالَ أَفَتَرَاهُ صَلَّى فِيهِ قُلْتُ لاَ قَالَ لَوْ صَلَّى فِيهِ لَكُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيهِ الصَّلاَةُ كَمَا كُتِبَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ قَدْ أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِدَابَّةٍ طَوِيلَةِ الظَّهْرِ مَمْدُودَةٍ هَكَذَا خَطْوُهُ مَدُّ بَصَرِهِ فَمَا زَايَلاَ ظَهْرَ الْبُرَاقِ حَتَّى رَأَيَا الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ وَوَعْدَ الآخِرَةِ أَجْمَعَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَا عَوْدَهُمَا عَلَى بَدْئِهِمَا قَالَ وَيَتَحَدَّثُونَ أَنَّهُ رَبَطَهُ لِمَ أَيَفِرُّ مِنْهُ وَإِنَّمَا سَخَّرَهُ لَهُ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:23332Yūnus > Ḥammād / Ibn Salamah > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > Ḥudhayfah b. al-Yamān

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "I was taken on the Buraq, a white animal, long in length, placing its hoof at the farthest end. Gabriel and I did not move from its back until I arrived at the house of the Holy Sanctuary. The gates of heaven were opened for us and I saw Paradise and Hellfire." Hudhayfah bin Al-Yaman asked, "Did he pray in the House of the Holy Sanctuary?" Zirr replied, "Yes, he prayed." Hudhayfah said, "What is your name, bald man? For I recognize your face, but I do not know your name." Zirr said, "I am Zirr bin Hubaysh." Hudhayfah asked, "How do you know that he prayed?" Zirr replied, "He said: 'Exalted is He who took his servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.' (Quran 17:1)" Hudhayfah said, "So did you witness him praying?" Zirr answered, "If he had prayed, you would have prayed in it (al-Masjid al-Aqsa) as you pray in al-Masjid al-Haram." Zirr then tied the animal to the ring that the prophets used to tie their animals with. Hudhayfah asked, "Did he fear that it would be taken from him when Allah had given it to him?"  

أحمد:٢٣٣٣٢حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أُتِيتُ بِالْبُرَاقِ وَهُوَ دَابَّةٌ أَبْيَضُ طَوِيلٌ يَضَعُ حَافِرَهُ عِنْدَ مُنْتَهَى طَرْفِهِ فَلَمْ نُزَايِلْ ظَهْرَهُ أَنَا وَجِبْرِيلُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ فَفُتِحَتْ لَنَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَرَأَيْتُ الْجَنَّةَ وَالنَّارَ قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ؟ قَالَ زِرٌّ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ بَلَى قَدْ صَلَّى قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ مَا اسْمُكَ يَا أَصْلَعُ؟ فَإِنِّي أَعْرِفُ وَجْهَكَ وَلَا أَدْرِي مَا اسْمُكَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا زِرُّ بْنُحُبَيْشٍ قَالَ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ صَلَّى؟ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَقُولُ اللهُ {سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ} [الإسراء 1] فَقَالَ فَهَلْ تَجِدُهُ صَلَّى؟ لَوْ صَلَّى لَصَلَّيْتُمْ فِيهِ كَمَا تُصَلُّونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ قَالَ زِرٌّ وَرَبَطَ الدَّابَّةَ بِالْحَلَقَةِ الَّتِي يَرْبِطُ بِهَا الْأَنْبِيَاءُ فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ أَوَكَانَ يَخَافُ أَنْ تَذْهَبَ مِنْهُ وَقَدْ آتَاهُ اللهُ بِهَا؟