More Tales of Sufi Wisdom

wonderfull:)

what is the above silly prattling all about? sorry writer, but it seems like fables to me, and that too not very coherent or moralistic ones.

5. why help a dog just in Medina? If a person really likes his beliefs, eg. the sufi liking the prophet Muhammed`s doings so much, isn`t it incumbent upon him/her to follow it to the letter. I`m sure the prophet wouldn`t have helped out a dog JUST in Medina. Oh, you`re an Austrian? Sorry, can`t help you.

That`s just silly.

4. what was the point to that? that the man could read minds? Lightning happens you know, you forgot to mention that it just might have been a stormy day..

3. That one is good. We ought to be thankful for everything, however small. I`ll bookmark that one for my grandkids.

2. Osteoporosis?

1. OK, so the prophet says HE will visit Jami, not the other way around. So that means he`ll still need to get out of his grave won`t it?

What I want to know is WHO makes up these things?

Re: # 37

I have finnaly got a response....

From Dr Colin Baker and here it is....


Sorry for the delay in answering your enquiry, but it is partly due to
the fact that your source ``Muhammad Rasulullah,`` by M. Hamidullah`` gave
only a partially correct reference.

I have located the manuscript you are interested in. The shelf mark is
IO ISLAMIC 2807 and the section you want is on pages 81 verso - 104
verso (inclusive). It is entitled ``Qissat Shakruti Firmad`` which,
according to the catalogue (Loth 1044), is ``A fabulous account of the
first settlement of the Muhammadans in Malabar, under King Shakruti
(Cranganore), a contemporary of Muhammad, who was converted to Islam by
the miracle of the division of the the moon.``

Should you wish to order a microfilm or paper copy see
http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/reproduction.html for prices and method
of ordering and payment.

For further enquiries on photography you should contact
reproductions-customer-service@bl.uk, quoting in all correspondence the
shelfmark IO ISLAMIC 2807, pages 81 verso- 104 verso and your full
postal address.

Sincerely

Colin Baker


Dr Colin F Baker
Head of Near and Middle Eastern Collections
The British Library
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T +44 (0)20 7412 7645
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Re: # 37

So far no one from
www.bl.uk

and

http://www.bl.uk/collections/arabic.html



has answered my query regarding the Authenicity of the article...


I would request , that some one other then me , also put up a request for its authentiation with them. As it mght be that they have ignored my email



But it has been reported on so many sites with such consistency....which is overwhelming....
I am sure ... at least One site would have it validated before posting....
anyway.... regarding Cheraman Perumal

Yes there is overwhelming evidence that such a King did exist. and He did went to Mecca to meet the prophet...and then converted to Islam.



some of the sources are

http://www.indiatraveltimes.com/travelogue/mosque.html

http://www.tripunithura.com/history/crf.aspx

http://www.lakshadweeptourism.com/html/l0201pg1.htm

http://www.kerala.com/religious.htm


..... and many many more... I have deliberately choosen NON-Muslim sources.


I have the picture of that mosque... But I don`t know how to post it in this forum..

A lesson in communal harmony
Deepkamal Kaur
Tribune News Service

While communal differences sometimes trigger clashes, a 90-year-old Sikh baba who has been managing a dargah on the banks of Sutlej River at Gagar Dhagara village of Noormahal sub-division for the last more than 57 years, stands as a role model of communal harmony.

Not just the baba, even his great-grandchildren have been looking after the dargah of Pir Shah Ali Fatma whom they call ``Khuda ka Sher``. The baba not only makes daily prashad and organises its distribution, but also lights up the jot every evening. He even holds prayers for daily visitors and addresses large congregations every Thursday.

An incident that took place during the time of Partition made Mr Bachan Singh, now popularly known as ``babaji``, develop deep faith in the holy shrine. His wife had developed some nervous problem and her limbs had almost stopped functioning while they had just come to India after Partition. She even complained of losing sensation in her arms and legs. Baba took her to a few doctors but it proved futile.

On the advice of some relatives, the distraught couple visited the dargah. Both prayed there and took shelter in the then-desolate shrine. The dargah, which was looked after by some followers of the pir in the then Muslim-dominated village, had become deserted after Partition.

The couple started serving there when a miracle took place. Baba`s wife got rid of the illness and she became healthy. Since the baba had pledged that he would keep serving the place for life if his wife got cured, he kept his word and decided to live there forever. The couple started cultivating a piece of land acquired by them in the village to earn their living.

The baba claims that his is not a lone case, as hundreds of people from all parts of the country visit the dargah to get their wishes fulfilled. The majority of them include issueless couples, who come to pray for a child. The baba said that people from far off lands, including those now settled in the US or Canada, also came to pay obeisance at the dargah.

He said that people gathered in the hall every Thursday and offered whatever little they wished for the preparation of prashad, langar and maintenance of the shrine.

Thanks, Aquaris.

Re: # 37

I sure will ..I have email some one mentioned on their sites about it......and as soon as I get a response I will post the link....

re: Aquaris # 36

Please do post if you are able to verify the reference. I will very much appreciate that. Thanks.

Re: # 31

About the miracle of `` Shaq-ul-Qamar ``

Here is what I got from a website...

with reference to a readers article...
http://www.understanding-islam.com/related/text.asp?type=rarticle&raid=170

WITNESS OF MOON SPLITTING (A MIRACLE OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH ))

CHAKRAWATI FARMAS KING OF MALABAR, INDIA

The incident relating to King Chakrawati Farmas is documented in an old manuscript in the India Office Library, London, which has reference number: Arabic, 2807, 152-173. It was quoted in the book ``Muhammad Rasulullah,`` by M. Hamidullah:



....Now I have a serious problem.... the reference .....this one has is to a document/article in the India Office Library with even the article and page Numbers....
sound authentic enough.......

But I could not find any such reference at the India Office Libraries web site....
http://www.bl.uk/collections/arabic.html

....... This has left me perplexed.....Why did the author gave a wrong reference....or am I doing something not right to find it.....!!

.... I just wanted to validate the source.... can anyone give me a direct link to this...article...... `` Arabic, 2807, 152-173 `` of the India Office Library so that I can verify it....

#34 by Naqshbandi on May 24, 2005 7:14am PT
All that is irrelevant when understood in the context of Mohammad (Sal-Allaho-Alay-hay-Wasal-lam) (May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) as the original initiator of the sufi tariqa...............

Re: # 33
That is a well-known Wahabi site which takes famous sufi works by Rumi etc., selects a quote totally out of context, interprets it literally -since Wahabis don`t know about spirituality they think it doesn`t exist!--and then go to `refute` this by quoting (usually) a Qur`anic ayat or hadith sharif again out of context since usually what they claim sufis believe is nothing to do with what the hadith is saying anyway.

A simpler argument is this: name a well known Muslim classical scholar who has NOT been a Sufi as well. Even Ibn Taymiyyah, the `Imam` of the rejecters and the patron saint of Wahabis-whose works they always quote--was in fact initiated into the Qadiri Sufi Tariqa of Shaykh Abdal Qadir al Jilani radhi Allahu anhu!!

The problem with those who claim to possess and follow the correct tariqah is that they all take great pains to show others that their interpretation of the Quran and Sunnah is the `right` one. I think all this is irrelevant in today`s world where the followers of sufism of different orders need not bend backwards to show them to be more pious than the others. All this may have been politically relevant when the sufis had to resist the political Islam for their very survival, but no more in today`s world. So unlike Naqshabandi who would immediately get into a theological debate with others there is no need to even respond to those who attack and misinterpret sufism as a defiance of Sunnah and Quran!!

http://www.allaahuakbar.net/sufism/in_defiance_of_qur`an_and_sunnah.htm
IN DEFIANCE OF THE QUR`AN AND SUNNAH

The following are excerpts and quotations from well-known Sufi works presented along with corresponding beliefs from outside the fold of Islam. Relevant texts from the Qur`ân and the Sunnah are also quoted for the sake of comparison, so that Muslims may judge for themselves whether Sufi beliefs are Islamic or not. Each quotation is footnoted with the reference from which it is taken.

The Sufis claim: ``The ways unto God are as numerous as the number of creatures in the world``. Ibn Mas`ood, may Allah be pleased with him, said: ``The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s) made a straight line on the ground with his hand, then he said, `This is the straight way of Allah.` Then he made (short) line on each side of the straight line; then he said, `These (short) lines, each one has a Shaytaan inviting people to it.` Then he recited the verse: meaning, `And this is My path straight. So follow it, and do not follow (other) ways, lest they lead you away from My path.`

Allah the Exalted says: ``His footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth. ``The Prophet (s.a.w.s) said: ``The seven heavens by the side of the kursi (footstool) are naught but as a ring thrown down in a desert land, and such is the Kursi with respect to the Arsh (the Divine Throne).

The sufis say: ``When you unite with the Beloved (God), then there is neither command nor prohibition in matters of religion. Sufis habitually reject the doctrine of ``the fear of God, the wrath of the Day of Judgment, the fury of the Hell-Fire and the promise of Jannah.`` Faith based on coercion, they say, is slavery, and God has created man with mind, free will and love. Therefore, the mainspring of Sufism is love not fear and obedience to the religious laws.

Allah the Supreme describes His Prophets, saying: meaning, ``They used to vie with one another in good deeds, and they called on Us in hope (for rewards) and in fear (of punishment).`` Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet (s.a.w.s) said: ``When one of you finishes reciting the last tashah-hud (in prayer, and just before making tasleem), let him seek Allah`s protection from four things: from the torment of Hell-Fire, from the torture of the grave, from the afflictions of life and death, and from the affliction of the pseudo-Christ (ad-Dajjal).``

Abu Hurairah also said: ``The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s) said to a man, `What do you say, (ask Allah for) in your prayer?` The man said, `I recite tashah-hud, then I ask Allah for Jannah and seek protection of Him from the Fire; by Allah, I do not know you dendeneh (making du`a in a low and faint voice) nor the dendaneh of Mu`aadth.` The Prophet (s.a.w.s) replied, `We make dendeneh about these two things.```

Allah the Exalted describes His believers thus: meaning, ``Verily those who fear their Lord with reverence, and those who believe in the signs of the Lord, and those who ascribe no partners to their Lord, and those who give what they give while their hearts are full of fear, because to their Lord they will return.``

Aa`ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, inquired about the verse, ``Those who give what they give...`` saying, ``O Messenger of Allah! Is it those who steal and commit fornication are fearful?`` He said, ``Nay, daughter of (Abu Bakr) As-Siddiq, rather, those who fast and pray who are afraid (that their acts of worship may not be accepted by Allah).

Allah the Exalted says: meaning, ``Say (to men, O Muhammad!), `If you love Allah, then follow me; Allah will love you and forgive your sins.`` Thus the love of Allah necessitates following the commands of the Messenger of Allah with hope for reward and fear of punishment in the Hereafter.

Jalal-uddin al-Rumi (d. 1273), an infamous Sufi philosopher, in his book Masnawi, confirms his belief in the theory of evolution. The following lines are recognized as the central theme of Rumi`s work:
``I died as mineral and became a plant,
I died as a plant and rose to an animal,
I died as an animal and I was a man.

What became the darwinian theory states that the origin of species is derived by descent, with variation from parent forms. In other words, man, according to the theory of Darwin and contrary to what Allah confirms in the Qur`an, was not created as a separate species.

Allah the Exalted says: meaning, ``Verily, We created man from an extract of clay. Then We placed him as a drop of sperm in a safe depository.``

Absoulotly stunning!you enlightend some of great incident happened ever...........

and aquaris ......... you are right that HAZRAT MUHAMMAD SAW splited the moon into 2 parts and then changed it like it was.
and this is also true that was seen in india aswell........and that is the sign of doom day.........

and some more mu`jizats of the Beloved of the Universe sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam!

http://www.geocities.com/islamicmiracles/mujizas_of_muhammad_pbuh.htm

Re: # 27
Asfand, although a lot of your article is true there is a massive error in its centre: the idea that Huzoor Paak sal allahu alayhi wa sallam did not perform any miracles. Rather, if you read the traditional, classical Sira and hadith books written by Muslims from the earliest times you will see that Our Beloved Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam had countless miracles -and miracles greater than those given to any other Nabi or Rasul!

Here are just a few Miracles of the Prophet

A tiny portion of the Miracles of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him
by


Dr. G.F. Haddad

A number of miracles were bestowed upon and performed by Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to establish the proof of his prophethood. The greatest miracle bestowed upon him was the revelation of the Qur`an. The Qur`an is miraculous in a number of aspects: Its linguistic perfection and inimitability, its validation by recent historical, archaeological, and scientific discoveries, its prophecies and so on. Unlike the miracles of other prophets before him, the miracle of the Qur`an is eternal. Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) also provided us with a number of true prophecies.

Below are accounts of the some of the other miracles of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) . Before reading these, it helps to know something about the Science of Traditions (Arabic: Ahadith), an exacting and comprehensive system developed by early Muslim scholars to verify the chain of transmission of these accounts, as well as investigating the trustworthiness and capability of every narrator at every level of the chain. This thorough authentication process ensures that these accounts are real, validated narrations of the sayings, actions, and tacit approvals of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).

The Traditions mentioned below are all from Sahih al-Bukhari, the most authentic collection of ahadith.


Splitting of the Moon


Food Multiplication


Water Multiplication


Supplication for Rain


Lights to guide Companions


Crying of the stem of the Date-palm Tree


Glorification of Allah by the Prophet`s meals


The explusion of a liar`s corpse by the Earth


The Speech of the Wolf


The Prophet`s Night Journey to Jerusalem and Ascent to the Heavens
Finally, in an additional webpage, we will discuss the miracles relating to the person and relics of the Blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Splitting of the Moon

``The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder`` [Qur`an 54:1]

Volume 6, Book 60, Number 388:

Narrated Abdullah:

The moon was cleft asunder while we were in the company of the Prophet, and it became two parts. The Prophet said, Witness, witness (this miracle).``
Food Multiplication

Volume 4, Book 56, Number 780:

Narrated Jabir:

My father had died in debt. So I came to the Prophet and said, ``My father (died) leaving unpaid debts, and I have nothing except the yield of his date palms; and their yield for many years will not cover his debts. So please come with me, so that the creditors may not misbehave with me.`` The Prophet went round one of the heaps of dates and invoked (Allah), and then did the same with another heap and sat on it and said, ``Measure (for them).`` He paid them their rights and what remained was as much as had been paid to them.
Water Multiplication

Volume 4, Book 56, Number 779:

Narrated `Abdullah:

We used to consider miracles as Allah`s Blessings, but you people consider them to be a warning. Once we were with Allah`s Apostle on a journey, and we ran short of water. He said, ``Bring the water remaining with you.`` The people brought a utensil containing a little water. He placed his hand in it and said, ``Come to the blessed water, and the Blessing is from Allah.`` I saw the water flowing from among the fingers of Allah`s Apostle , and no doubt, we heard the meal glorifying Allah, when it was being eaten (by him).

Volume 4, Book 56, Number 777:

Narrated Al-Bara:

We were one-thousand-and-four-hundred persons on the day of Al-Hudaibiya (Treaty), and (at) Al-Hudaibiya (there) was a well. We drew out its water not leaving even a single drop. The Prophet sat at the edge of the well and asked for some water with which he rinsed his mouth and then he threw it out into the well. We stayed for a short while and then drew water from the well and quenched our thirst, and even our riding animals drank water to their satisfaction.

Volume 1, Book 7, Number 340:

Narrated `Imran:

Once we were traveling with the Prophet and we carried on traveling till the last part of the night and then we (halted at a place) and slept (deeply). There is nothing sweeter than sleep for a traveler in the last part of the night. So it was only the heat of the sun that made us to wake up and the first to wake up was so and so, then so and so and then so and so (the narrator `Auf said that Abu Raja` had told him their names but he had forgotten them) and the fourth person to wake up was `Umar bin Al-Khattab. And whenever the Prophet used to sleep, nobody would wake him up till he himself used to get up as we did not know what was happening (being revealed) to him in his sleep. So, `Umar got up and saw the condition of the people, and he was a strict man, so he said, ``Allahu Akbar`` and raised his voice with Takbir, and kept on saying it loudly till the Prophet got up because of it. When he got up, the people informed him about what had happened to them. He said, ``There is no harm (or it will not be harmful). Depart!`` So they departed from that place, and after covering some distance the Prophet stopped and asked for some water to perform the ablution. So he performed the ablution and the call for the prayer was pronounced and he led the people in prayer. After he finished from the prayer, he saw a man sitting aloof who had not prayed with the people. He asked, ``O so and so! What has prevented you from praying with us?`` He replied, ``I am junub and there is no water. `` The Prophet said, ``Perform tayammum with (clean) earth and that is sufficient for you.``

Then the Prophet proceeded on and the people complained to him of thirst. Thereupon he got down and called a person (the narrator `Auf added that Abu Raja` had named him but he had forgotten) and `Ali, and ordered them to go and bring water. So they went in search of water and met a woman who was sitting on her camel between two bags of water. They asked, ``Where can we find water?`` She replied, ``I was there (at the place of water) this hour yesterday and my people are behind me.`` They requested her to accompany them. She asked, ``Where?`` They said, ``To Allah`s Apostle .`` She said, ``Do you mean the man who is called the Sabi`, (with a new religion)?`` They replied, ``Yes, the same person. So come along.`` They brought her to the Prophet and narrated the whole story. He said, ``Help her to dismount.`` The Prophet asked for a pot, then he opened the mouths of the bags and poured some water into the pot. Then he closed the big openings of the bags and opened the small ones and the people were called upon to drink and water their animals. So they all watered their animals and they (too) all quenched their thirst and also gave water to others and last of all the Prophet gave a pot full of water to the person who was junub and told him to pour it over his body. The woman was standing and watching all that which they were doing with her water. By Allah, when her water bags were returned the looked like as if they were more full (of water) than they had been before (Miracle of Allah`s Apostle) Then the Prophet ordered us to collect something for her; so dates, flour and sawiq were collected which amounted to a good meal that was put in a piece of cloth. She was helped to ride on her camel and that cloth full of food-stuff was also placed in front of her and then the Prophet said to her, ``We have not taken your water but Allah has given water to us.`` She returned home late. Her relatives asked her: ``O so and so what has delayed you?`` She said, ``A strange thing! Two men met me and took me to the man who is called the Sabi` and he did such and such a thing. By Allah, he is either the greatest magician between this and this (gesturing with her index and middle fingers raising them towards the sky indicating the heaven and the earth) or he is Allah`s true Apostle.``

Afterwards the Muslims used to attack the pagans around her abode but never touched her village. One day she said to her people, ``I think that these people leave you purposely. Have you got any inclination to Islam?`` They obeyed her and all of them embraced Islam.

Abu `Abdultah said: The word saba`a means ``The one who has deserted his old religion and embraced a new religion.`` Abul `Ailya said, ``The Sabis are a sect of people of the Scripture who recite the Book of Psalms.``
Supplication for Rain

Volume 8, Book 73, Number 115:

Narrated Anas:

A man came to the Prophet on a Friday while he (the Prophet) was delivering a sermon at Medina, and said, ``There is lack of rain, so please invoke your Lord to bless us with the rain.`` The Prophet looked at the sky when no cloud could be detected. Then he invoked Allah for rain. Clouds started gathering together and it rained till the Medina valleys started flowing with water. It continued raining till the next Friday. Then that man (or some other man) stood up while the Prophet was delivering the Friday sermon, and said, ``We are drowned; Please invoke your Lord to withhold it (rain) from us`` The Prophet smiled and said twice or thrice, ``O Allah! Please let it rain round about us and not upon us.`` The clouds started dispersing over Medina to the right and to the left, and it rained round about Medina and not upon Medina. Allah showed them (the people) the miracle of His Prophet and His response to his invocation.
Lights to guide Companions

Volume 1, Book 8, Number 454:

Narrated Anas bin Malik:

Two of the companions of the Prophet departed from him on a dark night and were led by two lights like lamps (going in front of them from Allah as a miracle) lighting the way in front of them, and when they parted, each of them was accompanied by one of these lights till he reached their (respective) houses.
Crying of the stem of the Date-palm Tree

Volume 4, Book 56, Number 783:

Narrated Ibn Umar:

The Prophet used to deliver his sermons while standing beside a trunk of a datepalm. When he had the pulpit made, he used it instead. The trunk started crying and the Prophet went to it, rubbing his hand over it (to stop its crying).
Glorification of Allah by the Prophet`s meals

Volume 4, Book 56, Number 779:

Narrated `Abdullah:

We used to consider miracles as Allah`s Blessings, but you people consider them to be a warning. Once we were with Allah`s Apostle on a journey, and we ran short of water. He said, ``Bring the water remaining with you.`` The people brought a utensil containing a little water. He placed his hand in it and said, ``Come to the blessed water, and the Blessing is from Allah.`` I saw the water flowing from among the fingers of Allah`s Apostle, and no doubt, we heard the meal glorifying Allah, when it was being eaten (by him).
The expulsion of a liar`s corpse by the Earth

Volume 4, Book 56, Number 814:

Narrated Anas:

There was a Christian who embraced Islam and read Surat-al-Baqara and Al-Imran, and he used to write (the revelations) for the Prophet. Later on he returned to Christianity again and he used to say: ``Muhammad knows nothing but what I have written for him.`` Then Allah caused him to die, and the people buried him, but in the morning they saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They said, ``This is the act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion and took his body out of it because he had run away from them.`` They again dug the grave deeply for him, but in the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They said, ``This is an act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion and threw his body outside it, for he had run away from them.`` They dug the grave for him as deep as they could, but in the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. So they believed that what had befallen him was not done by human beings and had to leave him thrown (on the ground).
The Speech of the Wolf

Volume 3, Book 39, Number 517:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, ``While a man was riding a cow, it turned towards him and said, `I have not been created for this purpose (i.e. carrying), I have been created for sloughing.l`` The Prophet added, ``I, Abu Bakr and `Umar believe in the story.`` The Prophet went on, ``A wolf caught a sheep, and when the shepherd chased it, the wolf said, `Who will be its guard on the day of wild beasts, when there will be no shepherd for it except me?` ``After narrating it, the Prophet said, ``I, Abu Bakr and `Umar too believe it.`` Abu Salama (a sub-narrator) said, ``Abu Bakr and `Umar were not present then.``

It has been written that a wolf also spoke to one of the companions of the Prophet near Medina as narrated in Fath-al-Bari:Narrated Unais bin `Amr: Ahban bin Aus said, ``I was amongst my sheep. Suddenly a wolf caught a sheep and I shouted at it. The wolf sat on its tail and addressed me, saying, `Who will look after it (i.e. the sheep) when you will be busy and not able to look after it? Do you forbid me the provision which Allah has provided me?` `` Ahban added, ``I clapped my hands and said, `By Allah, I have never seen anything more curious and wonderful than this!` On that the wolf said, `There is something (more curious) and wonderful than this; that is, Allah`s Apostle in those palm trees, inviting people to Allah (i.e. Islam).` ``Unais bin `Amr further said, ``Then Ahban went to Allah`s Apostle and informed him what happened and embraced Islam.)`` palm trees or other trees and share the fruits with me.``
The Prophet`s Night Journey to Jerusalem (Arabic: Israa) and Ascent to the Heavens (Arabic: Miraj)

Volume 5, Book 58, Number 228:

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:

Regarding the Statement of Allah``

``And We granted the vision (Ascension to the heavens) which We made you see (as an actual eye witness) was only made as a trial for the people.`` (17.60)

Ibn Abbas added: The sights which Allah`s Apostle was shown on the Night Journey when he was taken to Bait-ul Maqdis (i.e. Jerusalem) were actual sights, (not dreams). And the Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the Quran is the tree of Zaqqum (itself) .

Volume 4, Book 54, Number 462:

Narrated Ibn Abbas:

The Prophet said, ``On the night of my Ascent to the Heaven, I saw Moses who was a tall brown curly-haired man as if he was one of the men of Shan`awa tribe, and I saw Jesus, a man of medium height and moderate complexion inclined to the red and white colors and of lank hair. I also saw Malik, the gate-keeper of the (Hell) Fire and Ad-Dajjal amongst the signs which Allah showed me.`` (The Prophet then recited the Holy Verse): ``So be not you in doubt of meeting him` when you met Moses during the night of Mi`raj over the heavens`` (32.23)

Narrated Anas and Abu Bakra: ``The Prophet said, ``The angels will guard Medina from Ad-Dajjal (who will not be able to enter the city of Medina).``

Volume 5, Book 58, Number 227:

Narrated Abbas bin Malik:

Malik bin Sasaa said that Allah`s Apostle described to them his Night Journey saying, ``While I was lying in Al-Hatim or Al-Hijr, suddenly someone came to me and cut my body open from here to here.`` I asked Al-Jarud who was by my side, ``What does he mean?`` He said, ``It means from his throat to his pubic area,`` or said, ``From the top of the chest.`` The Prophet further said, ``He then took out my heart. Then a gold tray of Belief was brought to me and my heart was washed and was filled (with Belief) and then returned to its original place. Then a white animal which was smaller than a mule and bigger than a donkey was brought to me.`` (On this Al-Jarud asked, ``Was it the Buraq, O Abu Hamza?`` I (i.e. Anas) replied in the affirmative). The Prophet said, ``The animal`s step (was so wide that it) reached the farthest point within the reach of the animal`s sight. I was carried on it, and Gabriel set out with me till we reached the nearest heaven.

When he asked for the gate to be opened, it was asked, `Who is it?` Gabriel answered, `Gabriel.` It was asked, `Who is accompanying you?` Gabriel replied, `Muhammad.` It was asked, `Has Muhammad been called?` Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, `He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!` The gate was opened, and when I went over the first heaven, I saw Adam there. Gabriel said (to me). `This is your father, Adam; pay him your greetings.` So I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said, `You are welcomed, O pious son and pious Prophet.` Then Gabriel ascended with me till we reached the second heaven. Gabriel asked for the gate to be opened. It was asked, `Who is it?` Gabriel answered, `Gabriel.` It was asked, `Who is accompanying you?` Gabriel replied, `Muhammad.` It was asked, `Has he been called?` Gabriel answered in the affirmative. Then it was said, `He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!` The gate was opened.

When I went over the second heaven, there I saw Yahya (i.e. John) and `Isa (i.e. Jesus) who were cousins of each other. Gabriel said (to me), `These are John and Jesus; pay them your greetings.` So I greeted them and both of them returned my greetings to me and said, `You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.` Then Gabriel ascended with me to the third heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, `Who is it?` Gabriel replied, `Gabriel.` It was asked, `Who is accompanying you?` Gabriel replied, `Muhammad.` It was asked, `Has he been called?` Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, `He is welcomed, what an excellent visit his is!` The gate was opened, and when I went over the third heaven there I saw Joseph. Gabriel said (to me), `This is Joseph; pay him your greetings.` So I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said, `You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.` Then Gabriel ascended with me to the fourth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, `Who is it?` Gabriel replied, `Gabriel` It was asked, `Who is accompanying you?` Gabriel replied, `Muhammad.` It was asked, `Has he been called?` Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, `He is welcomed, what an excel lent visit his is!`

The gate was opened, and when I went over the fourth heaven, there I saw Idris. Gabriel said (to me), `This is Idris; pay him your greetings.` So I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said, `You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.` Then Gabriel ascended with me to the fifth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, `Who is it?` Gabriel replied, `Gabriel.` It was asked. `Who is accompanying you?` Gabriel replied, `Muhammad.` It was asked, `Has he been called?` Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said He is welcomed, what an excellent visit his is! So when I went over the fifth heaven, there I saw Harun (i.e. Aaron), Gabriel said, (to me). This is Aaron; pay him your greetings.` I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said, `You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.` Then Gabriel ascended with me to the sixth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked. `Who is it?` Gabriel replied, `Gabriel.` It was asked, `Who is accompanying you?` Gabriel replied, `Muhammad.` It was asked, `Has he been called?` Gabriel replied in the affirmative. It was said, `He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!`

When I went (over the sixth heaven), there I saw Moses. Gabriel said (to me),` This is Moses; pay him your greeting. So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, `You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.` When I left him (i.e. Moses) he wept. Someone asked him, `What makes you weep?` Moses said, `I weep because after me there has been sent (as Prophet) a young man whose followers will enter Paradise in greater numbers than my followers.` Then Gabriel ascended with me to the seventh heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, `Who is it?` Gabriel replied, `Gabriel.` It was asked,` Who is accompanying you?` Gabriel replied, `Muhammad.` It was asked, `Has he been called?` Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, `He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!`

So when I went (over the seventh heaven), there I saw Abraham. Gabriel said (to me), `This is your father; pay your greetings to him.` So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, `You are welcomed, O pious son and pious Prophet.` Then I was made to ascend to Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (i.e. the Lote Tree of the utmost boundary) Behold! Its fruits were like the jars of Hajr (i.e. a place near Medina) and its leaves were as big as the ears of elephants. Gabriel said, `This is the Lote Tree of the utmost boundary) . Behold ! There ran four rivers, two were hidden and two were visible, I asked, `What are these two kinds of rivers, O Gabriel?` He replied,` As for the hidden rivers, they are two rivers in Paradise and the visible rivers are the Nile and the Euphrates.`

Then Al-Bait-ul-Ma`mur (i.e. the Sacred House) was shown to me and a container full of wine and another full of milk and a third full of honey were brought to me. I took the milk. Gabriel remarked, `This is the Islamic religion which you and your followers are following.` Then the prayers were enjoined on me: They were fifty prayers a day. When I returned, I passed by Moses who asked (me), `What have you been ordered to do?` I replied, `I have been ordered to offer fifty prayers a day.` Moses said, `Your followers cannot bear fifty prayers a day, and by Allah, I have tested people before you, and I have tried my level best with Bani Israel (in vain). Go back to your Lord and ask for reduction to lessen your followers` burden.` So I went back, and Allah reduced ten prayers for me. Then again I came to Moses, but he repeated the same as he had said before. Then again I went back to Allah and He reduced ten more prayers. When I came back to Moses he said the same, I went back to Allah and He ordered me to observe ten prayers a day. When I came back to Moses, he repeated the same advice, so I went back to Allah and was ordered to observe five prayers a day.

When I came back to Moses, he said, `What have you been ordered?` I replied, `I have been ordered to observe five prayers a day.` He said, `Your followers cannot bear five prayers a day, and no doubt, I have got an experience of the people before you, and I have tried my level best with Bani Israel, so go back to your Lord and ask for reduction to lessen your follower`s burden.` I said, `I have requested so much of my Lord that I feel ashamed, but I am satisfied now and surrender to Allah`s Order.` When I left, I heard a voice saying, `I have passed My Order and have lessened the burden of My Worshippers.``

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This is an ocean which has no shore! A limitless ocean! Subhan Allah--every atom of Huzoor Paak`s very beinh is itself a miracle! I will recommend 2 sirah books -one in English and one in Urdu:

1. English: Muhammad-Messenger of Allah by Qadi `Iyad al Maliki -translated by Aisha Bewley.

2. Urdu: Zia al Nabi by Hazrat Pir Muhammad Karam Shah al Azhari (rahmatullah alayhi)

well Mr.Naqshbandi its good .I had heard names of different SUFIs and QALNADARS but never study such amazing miracles

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amazing really amazing khuda jisay chahay apnay karishmay ata karay