Anonymous
7/6/2025, 6:58:12 PM No.212488242
“One night, in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, when the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is in a deep sleep, the angel Gabriel awakens him. He takes him to a winged horse and they fly into the night, arriving in Jerusalem at Al-Aqsa, at what in present day is the Dome of the Rock. Standing there are the prophets Abraham, Jesus, Moses, and others (in spirit). They pray together. The angel then takes him on a night journey to the seven heavens. He sees the angels praying, he meets the prophets again, he sees paradise and hell, and finally, Gabriel takes him to the highest heaven. “I can go no further or my wings will burn,” Gabriel says. “You go on ahead.” Muhammad proceeds and finds himself in the presence of God Almighty. God does not reveal himself to him, but they have a conversation. This night journey and meeting with God is referred to as Isra Meeraj. God tells Muhammad that he and his followers should pray fifty times a day. After the conversation is over and Muhammad returns, he meets Moses (Peace be upon him) on the way down.
“How did it go?” Moses asks. Muhammad tells him about the fifty prayers.
“They will never be able to pray fifty times a day. Go back and request God to reduce the number,” Moses says.
The Prophet Muhammad goes back. God reduces the number to forty. On his way back, he runs into Moses again.
“What did God say?” he asks. “Forty prayers a day.”
“Go back. Your people won’t be able to comply. Mine couldn’t; yours won’t.” Prophet Muhammad goes back. God reduces the number to thirty. Moses sends him back again. This goes on from thirty to twenty to ten, until God says that five prayers is His final number.
“What did God say?” Prophet Moses asks.
“Five prayers a day.”“Go back. Even five will be too much.”
“I cannot go back. God said that this was His final number. I am also too embarrassed to go back again.”
So five it was. And five it has remained.”
- Muslim 162 (Graded: Sahih, authenticated by Sheikh Al-Albani)
“How did it go?” Moses asks. Muhammad tells him about the fifty prayers.
“They will never be able to pray fifty times a day. Go back and request God to reduce the number,” Moses says.
The Prophet Muhammad goes back. God reduces the number to forty. On his way back, he runs into Moses again.
“What did God say?” he asks. “Forty prayers a day.”
“Go back. Your people won’t be able to comply. Mine couldn’t; yours won’t.” Prophet Muhammad goes back. God reduces the number to thirty. Moses sends him back again. This goes on from thirty to twenty to ten, until God says that five prayers is His final number.
“What did God say?” Prophet Moses asks.
“Five prayers a day.”“Go back. Even five will be too much.”
“I cannot go back. God said that this was His final number. I am also too embarrassed to go back again.”
So five it was. And five it has remained.”
- Muslim 162 (Graded: Sahih, authenticated by Sheikh Al-Albani)
Replies:
