A number of matters are learnt from this. One of them is that Allah Almighty has informed the Prophet ﷺ of the final destinations of people, which of them will enter Paradise and which will enter hell and what levels they will be in therein. This is from al-'Ulum al-Khamsah (the 5 special types of knowledge).
The
second matter is that the blessed ears and eyes of the Prophet ﷺ hear and see things that are yet to occur
thousands of years in the future. This event would occur so many thousands of
years after that date, but how incredible are those blessed ears that they hear
the footfalls so many thousands of years before.
Thirdly,
however a person spends his life in this world, he will be in a similar state
in the afterlife. Sayyidunā
Bilāl رضی
اللہ
عنہ
spent his life in the service of the Prophet ﷺ in this world and he will be in the
service of the Prophet ﷺ
in the next world.
Explaining
Sayyidunā Bilāl's
رضی
اللہ
عنہ
statement, "Whenever I have performed ghusl or wudu, day or night, then I
have offered as much prayer as Allah Almighty had decreed for me."
Ḥakīm
al-Ummah, Muftī Aḥmad
Yār Khān
Naʿīmī رحمة
الله
عليه
states, "In other words, 'Whenever I performed wudu or ghusl during the
day or night, I offered 2 rakʿats
of Tahiyyat al-Wudu prayer.'" However, the meaning here is offering prayer
in the timings which are not disliked so that this hadith does not contradict
the hadith forbidding prayer in the disliked times. It should be remembered
that the purpose of the Prophet ﷺ asking this was so that Sayyidunā Bilāl
رضی
اللہ
عنہ
would give this answer and the Ummah would act upon this. Otherwise, the
Prophet ﷺ
is aware of everyone's open and hidden actions.
Furthermore,
the mentioned rank is for the specific nawafil offered by Sayyidunā Bilāl رضی اللہ
عنہ. Thousands of people may offer these rakʿats or be consistent
in performing them, but they will not attain this service in the court of the
Prophet ﷺ.¹
صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْب صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّد
Encampments
of Rubies and Emeralds
When
the beloved Prophet ﷺ
travelled through the beautiful valleys of Paradise, he reached a river called
Baydhakh. Upon this were encampments of pearls, green emeralds, and red rubies.
A voice called out, السَّلَامُ
عَلَيْكَ
يَا
رَسُوْلَ
اللّٰه
"Peace be upon you O Messenger of Allah!"
The
Prophet ﷺ
asked Sayyidunā Jibril عليه
السلام,
"Whose voice is this?" He replied," These are the veiled ḥūrs (maidens of
Paradise) in these encampments. They sought permission from their Lord to greet
you and they were permitted to do so." Then those maidens of Paradise began
to say, "We remain forever happy, we will never be the cause of
displeasure and animosity, and we are those that will abide forever and will
never perish."²
Muddat say jo armaan tha
wo aaj nikaala
Hooron nay kiya khoob nazaarah Shab-e-Miʿrāj
Their age-old desire was finally
fulfilled today
On the night of the Miʿrāj, upon what a
beautiful sight the ḥūrs
did gaze
¹
Mirʾaat Al-Manajih, vol. 2, p. 300
² Al-Durr Al-Manthur, Surah Al-Rahman, Under the verse 72, vol. 14, p. 161
³ Qabala'-e-Bakhshish, p. 84
A
person hidden in light
On
the illuminated night of Miʿrāj, the Prophet ﷺ passed by a man who had disappeared into
the light of the ʿarsh.
He ﷺ
said: "Who is this? Is this an angel?" It was said to him,
"No." He asked, "Is he a Prophet?" Again the answer was,
"No." He said, "Who is it then?" The answer was, "This
is a man whose tongue was moist with Allah's remembrance in the world, and his
heart was attached to the masjid, and he was never a cause of his parents being
humiliated."¹
سُبْحٰنَ
اللّٰه
Glory
be to Allah Almighty. It becomes known from this narration that these three
matters; abundance of dhikr of Allah Almighty, love of the masajid and
avoidance of being a cause of the humiliation of one's parents are most beloved
in the court of Allah Almighty. In this narration is encouragement for a person
to avoid swearing, argumentation, fighting, intoxication, gambling etc., and
any such action that could be the cause of one's parents being humiliated,
embarrassed, or disgraced in this world, and a cause of one's own humiliation
on the Day of Judgement.
Jihad
in the path of Allah Almighty
On
the night of Miʿrāj, the Prophet ﷺ passed by a group of people that would sow
one day and harvest the crop the following day. Whenever they would harvest the
crop, it would return as it was before. Sayyidunā
Jibril عليه
السلام
stated, "These are the ones who fight in the way of Allah Almighty. Their
good deeds have been multiplied up to 700 times and Allah Almighty will
recompense them for everything they have spent."²
In
Connection with the Divine Punishment
On
the night of Miʿrāj, during his journey, the beloved
Prophetﷺ
not
only saw the Divine favours of Allah Almighty upon obedient people, he also saw
people caught in the punishment of Allah Almighty, suffering painful
punishments as a consequence of their sins. From amongst these punishments,
some were for the sin of backbiting.
¹
Mawsuʿah Al-Imam Ibn Abi Al-Dunya, vol. 2, p. 415, Hadith 95
² Majmaʿ Al-Zawaʾid, vol. 91, Hadith 235
Four
punishments for backbiting | People Devouring their own Flesh
It
is narrated that on the night of Miʿrāj, the Prophet ﷺ passed by some people over whom some
individuals had been placed. Some of these individuals were prying to open the
mouths of these people and others were cutting their flesh and stuffing it into
their mouths along with its blood. The Prophet ﷺ asked, "O Jibril, who are these
people?" He replied, "They are those who would backbite people and
pick faults in them." ¹
Carrion
Eating Dwellers of the Fire
One
narration mentions that when the Prophet ﷺ looked into Jahnnam, he saw such people
that were eating carrion. The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Who are these people?"
He was told, "These are those that would eat people's flesh (i.e.
backbite)."²
¹
Musnad Al-Harith, vol. 1, p. 172, Hadith 27
² Musnad Ahmad: 2366
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