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so Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala gave him gift and in the 11th year of prophethood Allah subhanahu wa taala sent jiat whilst the prophet sallallahu alaih wasam was resting in the house of umani as we mentioned yesterday his cousin and that is where he was sleeping and came and took him to to where Kaa is and jat there had according to the narrations spped the chest of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam removed his heart and washed it with zamzam this was again this had happened in the past and it repeated itself according to the books of the thce may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us the understanding it was washed with zamzam the angels had come and washed the heart of alaihi wasallam filled it with and as we know the conviction is one of the most important things when it comes to belief in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and when it comes to Islam and Muslim so the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam was then taken on what was known as bak bak an animal which is not between mule and donkey white animal and it took Muhammad alai wasallam from Mak all the way to Jerusalem in in Jerusalem as we know it today and with the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam was there in no time but as he was traveling he noticed everything on the way Subhan Allah he noticed everything on the way when he got there Subhan Allah he was made to meet some of the prophets of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala from amongst them Jesus may peace be upon him from amongst them Moses may peace be upon Him ibraim Abraham may peace be upon Him Isa ibraim these were some of the prophets who were there Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala had instructed Muhammad sallah alaihi wasallam in in the particular place to lead them in prayer with two of prayer and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam was an IM he led them in prayer and then he came out and he was taken up to the heavens we believe that before Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam Jesus may peace be upon him was taken up he was taken up in body and soul and he was taken up alive before he was crucified before he was killed we believe that there was no crucifixion nor was there any killing but before they could harm him he was taken up to Heavens the heavens and at the moment he is there and at the same time we also believe that he will be returning before the end of time this is the belief of the Muslims that Jesus may peace be upon Him is alive he has been taken up into the heavens by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and he is there may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us deep understanding he is in the second heaven and he will return to the Earth closer to the end of time so it had happened in the past it is nothing impossible for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala here it happened again this time Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam was taken up to the heavens with jiel the angel Gabriel May peace be upon Him taken all the way up as they got to the first Heaven call called asking question as they wanted to enter who are you am jiel who is with you Muhammad is with me sallallahu alaihi wasallam has he been sent for which means he's invited here yes he is it opened and he went in lo and behold he met Adam first heaven so Adam Alam the first of human beings and the first of those who were sent to his own children in order to remind them what was right and wrong he welcomed Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam not only as child because obviously he is the father but also as colleague may Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala bless us all and alhamdulillah thereafter after meeting him and being welcomed he proceeded up with jat to the second heaven as they got up again the same question asked and they were allowed in again and he met two people who were they two prophets of Allah subhanahu wa tala one was Jesus may peace be upon him and as we said Jesus Isa was am is alive and he was taken up in the condition that he was alive so we believe that he did not die May Allah's peace be upon him and with him was the one known as John John the Baptist may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless them both and Grant them goodness and may we be from amongst those who learn lesson from the beautiful life of Jesus may peace be upon him and from his sacrifices and miracles at the same time may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us from those who realize that the end of prophethood came with Muhammad sallallahu alai wasam we are fortunate to be from his umah after that he proceeded to the next heaven when he proceeded in fact he was welcomed by the two and the same thing happened where they they welcomed him congratulated him and he proceeded to the third heaven in the third heaven he met yat the most handsome of all the messengers of Allah wa tala the Hadith says he was granted half of all Beauty Subhan Allah so the other half the other 50% is split between the rest of us Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us goodness and make us from amongst those really who can appreciate whatever we look like I've actually said it in the past your identity you did not apply for it it's Allah who chose it for you don't get upset person this way that way every one of us has something that will not be perfect you know you have one shoulder little bit low little bit nor no one notices it you have nose slightly this way one eye bit bigger smaller one brow this way that way don't worry you cannot get it perfect number one number two is if you become conscious you only become from amongst those who are ungrateful to Allah don't worry whatever you look like is unique that is you that what makes you you Allah abbar may Allah be pleased with us and may we be pleased also with Allah's decisions for us so he was welcomed again Mah yat welcomed him and thereafter they proceed proceeded to the next Heaven another messenger of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala IDR he was there he met Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam and jiel he welcomed them and so on as they progressed up the Heavens every time they were asked who was it the answer came jiel who is with you Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam has he been called for yes he has then the gates open and they go up into the next Heaven the next Heaven they met har that was the fifth heaven harat he welcomed them and mallah thereafter they proceeded to one of the messengers of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala who went through lot Mam and the prophet mam welcomed them and mashallah he was so happy to meet them and thereafter as they are progressing one narration says he began to cry one narration says this it's important that we make mention of it and when he was asked what is it he says because you are messenger who will have many more followers was on the day of than myself Subhan Allah and then they proceeded to the next heaven where they met ibraim seventh heaven the prophet Abraham upon the highest level the father of most of the prophets the father of the prophets who came after him including Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam when they met him mallah he welcomed them and they saw what is known as Al the it is house that is visited by the Angels reportedly 70,000 Angels enter the place of worship which is above the Kaa directly above the Kaaba going very high above the seventh heaven and the angels engage in the of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala every day 70,000 Angels enter and the same Angels do not return the next day there is another 70,000 and that happens every single day up to the End of Time Allah abbar so imagine the number of angels there are may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless us and grant us goodness do you know know that the Quran makes mention of the Dua of the Angels the Angels ask Allah to forgive those who believe and the angels ask Allah to forgive those who are repenting and the angels engage in seeking forgiveness for those on Earth Angels declare the praise of their and they seek forgiveness for those on Earth Subhan Allah look at how lucky we are when we are sitting now here anyone who is engaged in anything where in they are becoming closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the angels have encircled them and the blessings of Allah descending upon them and the angels are praying for them making Dua for them seeking forgiveness for them may Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala bless us and may he make us feel that this is why we say don't miss an occasion to learn more of your religion to purify your knowledge and to authenticate it and to learn as much as you can in order for you to get closer to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala as the days pass instead of getting further away may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala take us close now quick mention before we go further the journey by night from mecah to Jerusalem was known as Al is this an entire Surah has been named after glory be to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala who took his slave on journey by night from Mak to Jerusalem the place around which Allah has blessed in order for him meaning Muhammed sallallah alaihi wasallam to be shown by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala some of the signs of subhanahu wa ta'ala so this is sign of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala people cannot deny it especially today because we know how quick we can make journey to the other corner of the world and we know that technology has progressed even further than what passenger aircraft can take you meaning as quick as passenger aircraft the passenger aircrafts are very slow they had had Concord why did they stop it because of few disasters but they have means of Transport even faster than Concord it's just that people cannot risk making use of it Allah abbar if you take look at the missiles they have within few seconds they arrive where they have to Allah protect us Subhan Allah imagine if someone had to sit on one of them Allah abbar make sure there's no Warhead there inshallah may Allah subhanahu wa taala protect us and grant us goodness and may he make us from amongst those who realize and understand nothing is impossible for also going up to the heavens we made mention of Isa already having done that and he remained there the difference is Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam came back to tell us he actually came back and he informed us so accurately as we will see in few moments that Ascension was known as the Mir going up the Bak did not go up with them but it wasat who took Muhammad alaihi wasallam in what is known as like like an elevator going all the way up by the will of Allah how exactly it happened that we will only find out when we ourselves get to the but we believe may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us that firm belief and conviction so thereafter Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam was made to go even higher and he spoke with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he spoke with his and Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala spoke to Muhammad Sall wasallam on this occasion of Mi when he had gone up beyond the seventh heaven there is something at the end of the seventh heaven huge tree known as it is the final the last tree huge tree describing alhi wasallam describes its fruit and its leaves as being like the ears of elephants and so on and Subhan Allah huge tree you cannot see its beginning and cannot see its end huge tree and that depicts the end of the seventh heaven Beyond which is what named moments ago we spoke about it the house that is visited by the angels and the house wherein the of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala takes place by the angels and Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam met Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the discussion that happened within that discussion Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave Muhammad Sall alai wasallam gift gift of what gift of Salah Salah this prayer we pray it five times day Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told him that your followers should pray 50 times day that's gift imagine Salah is gift it protects us from so much it disciplines us it trains Us control of your gaze control of your movements control of what goes in and out of your mouth everything in Salah cannot eat in Salah because need to train myself and at the same time act of worship for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala we have so many medical benefits of Salah although the Prime aim of reading Salah is for the pleasure of Allah but we achieve so much you know they call it byproduct it might not be exactly what you had aimed for but you're getting so much more they've thrown in free bees so to speak in our language today you have Perks mashallah you know you have job mashallah you get salary and at the same time you get perks so because I'm working here get this and get that my children's school fees is paid and this happens and even if I've got 10 children everyone will benefit Subhan Allah this is different example because it's Allah Allah has the highest of examples so the only point being raised is when we fulfill Salah we will have so many side benefits although the main purpose of fulfilling it would be for the pleasure of Allah in order to obey the instruction of Allah wholeheartedly so it was gift Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam was coming down now and when he came down mam was quick to ask him what happened there so he says well this is what happened and spoke to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and was given gift of 50 Salah he says no go back go back to do what go back and ask for decrease because your is not going to manage 50 Salah day they're not going to manage so the prophet sallallah alaihi wasallam went back up and it was revised downwards by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to 45 as he's coming back musam sends him back go back again 45 still no good and in fives it kept on coming down until it stopped at 5 Subhan Allah 5 and on top of that Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam was told that those who fulfill the five correctly will have reward multiplied by 10 so equivalent to 50 Subhan Allah we still imagine whenever read this Hadith think of one thing think what if it was me or you there even the five we would have probably said you know what let's revise it downwards to perhaps have it one day you know or maybe even five or something of that nature Allah forgive us why say this is perhaps that might not be the case but we are so lazy even the five that we do fulfill if we fulfill them with such laziness what if we had had 50 Subhan Allah don't we ow mam Subhan Allah may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless them all these were the prophets all related to one another mashallah and they really they served us in very great way May Allah's peace and blessings be upon them all mean so mashallah this was the gift of Salah and the Hadith continues to say whoever fulfills deed multiplied by 10 and on top of that on the same occasion Muhammad sallahu alaihi wasallam was told something that brings tears to the eyes whoever fulfills good deed that good deed shall be multiplied by 10 and whoever intends to do good deed but did not manage to fulfill the intention they will have reward for that and whoever intends to do bad deed but does not do it neither will they have reward nor sin so you plan to do bad deed but you didn't do it no reward no sin and whoever plans to do bad deed and executes it will get one sin next to their name allahar look at how the evil is not multiplied by the mercy of Allah but the good is multip lied by the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala this is what we were granted at that point of when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala spoke to Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam there is question did alaihi wasallam see Allah subhanahu wa taala he was asked that when he returned did you see Allah he says was also asked didhi wasallam see Allah speaking we know but did he see Allah subhanahu waala she said he is such no how would it have been possible for him to see him which means he did not see him may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us the sight that seeing of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is gift which is kept for Jah for Paradise those who enter Paradise they will all have whatever they want in paradise and on top of that they will be asked do you have whatever you want and they will all say let me we it differently and we will all say alhamdulillah may Allah make us from them and we will all say yes and then Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala will say have something more for you for those who have done good they will get good in return and we will give them even more they have excess what is more so Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will remove the barrier between them and him and they will see him for the first time and that will be the biggest gift the biggest gift ever given to any of the creatures of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala may Allah make us from amongst them imagine to look at your today we look at people and we say mashallah good-looking and we look at motor vehicles and we look at cars and houses and so many different things and we look at sceneries and we get excited what about the maker of all that Subhan Allah may Allah grant us the sweetness of looking at him as is in the Dua of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam