Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 450
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدٌ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَالِكٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أُتِيتُ بِدَابَّةٍ فَوْقَ الْحِمَارِ وَدُونَ الْبَغْلِ خَطْوُهَا عِنْدَ مُنْتَهَى طَرْفِهَا فَرَكِبْتُ وَمَعِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ فَسِرْتُ فَقَالَ انْزِلْ فَصَلِّ . فَفَعَلْتُ فَقَالَ أَتَدْرِي أَيْنَ صَلَّيْتَ صَلَّيْتَ بِطَيْبَةَ وَإِلَيْهَا الْمُهَاجَرُ ثُمَّ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَصَلِّ . فَصَلَّيْتُ فَقَالَ أَتَدْرِي أَيْنَ صَلَّيْتَ صَلَّيْتَ بِطُورِ سَيْنَاءَ حَيْثُ كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ثُمَّ قَالَ انْزِلْ فَصَلِّ . فَنَزَلْتُ فَصَلَّيْتُ فَقَالَ أَتَدْرِي أَيْنَ صَلَّيْتَ صَلَّيْتَ بِبَيْتِ لَحْمٍ حَيْثُ وُلِدَ عِيسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ . ثُمَّ دَخَلْتُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ فَجُمِعَ لِيَ الأَنْبِيَاءُ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ فَقَدَّمَنِي جِبْرِيلُ حَتَّى أَمَمْتُهُمْ ثُمَّ صُعِدَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَإِذَا فِيهَا آدَمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ثُمَّ صُعِدَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَإِذَا فِيهَا ابْنَا الْخَالَةِ عِيسَى وَيَحْيَى عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ ثُمَّ صُعِدَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَإِذَا فِيهَا يُوسُفُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ثُمَّ صُعِدَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَةِ فَإِذَا فِيهَا هَارُونُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ثُمَّ صُعِدَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الْخَامِسَةِ فَإِذَا فِيهَا إِدْرِيسُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ثُمَّ صُعِدَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّادِسَةِ فَإِذَا فِيهَا مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ثُمَّ صُعِدَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ فَإِذَا فِيهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ثُمَّ صُعِدَ بِي فَوْقَ سَبْعِ سَمَوَاتٍ فَأَتَيْنَا سِدْرَةَ الْمُنْتَهَى فَغَشِيَتْنِي ضَبَابَةٌ فَخَرَرْتُ سَاجِدًا فَقِيلَ لِي إِنِّي يَوْمَ خَلَقْتُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ فَرَضْتُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أُمَّتِكَ خَمْسِينَ صَلاَةً فَقُمْ بِهَا أَنْتَ وَأُمَّتُكَ . فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَلَمْ يَسْأَلْنِي عَنْ شَىْءٍ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ عَلَى مُوسَى فَقَالَ كَمْ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أُمَّتِكَ قُلْتُ خَمْسِينَ صَلاَةً . قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَقُومَ بِهَا أَنْتَ وَلاَ أُمَّتُكَ فَارْجِعْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَاسْأَلْهُ التَّخْفِيفَ . فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَبِّي فَخَفَّفَ عَنِّي عَشْرًا ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ مُوسَى فَأَمَرَنِي بِالرُّجُوعِ فَرَجَعْتُ فَخَفَّفَ عَنِّي عَشْرًا ثُمَّ رُدَّتْ إِلَى خَمْسِ صَلَوَاتٍ . قَالَ فَارْجِعْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَاسْأَلْهُ التَّخْفِيفَ فَإِنَّهُ فَرَضَ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ صَلاَتَيْنِ فَمَا قَامُوا بِهِمَا . فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَسَأَلْتُهُ التَّخْفِيفَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي يَوْمَ خَلَقْتُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ فَرَضْتُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أُمَّتِكَ خَمْسِينَ صَلاَةً فَخَمْسٌ بِخَمْسِينَ فَقُمْ بِهَا أَنْتَ وَأُمَّتُكَ . فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهَا مِنَ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى صِرَّى فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهَا مِنَ اللَّهِ صِرَّى - أَىْ حَتْمٌ - فَلَمْ أَرْجِعْ .
‘Amr ibn Hisham informed us; he said: Makhlad narrated to us, from Sa‘id ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, who said: Yazid ibn Abi Malik narrated to us; he said: Anas ibn Malik narrated to us that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“A mount was brought to me, larger than a donkey and smaller than a mule, whose stride reached as far as its gaze. I rode it with Gabriel, peace be upon him, and we set out. He said, ‘Dismount and pray.’ I did so. He said, ‘Do you know where you prayed? You prayed in Taybah, to which the emigration will be.’ Then he said, ‘Dismount and pray.’ I prayed, and he said, ‘Do you know where you prayed? You prayed at Mount Sinai, where Allah, Mighty and Exalted, spoke to Musa, peace be upon him.’ Then he said, ‘Dismount and pray.’ I dismounted and prayed. He said, ‘Do you know where you prayed? You prayed in Bethlehem, where ‘Isa, peace be upon him, was born.’
“Then I entered Jerusalem, and the prophets, peace be upon them, were gathered for me. Gabriel brought me forward until I led them in prayer. Then I was taken up to the lowest heaven, where I found Adam, peace be upon him. Then I was taken up to the second heaven, where I found the two maternal cousins, ‘Isa and Yahya, peace be upon them. Then I was taken up to the third heaven, where I found Yusuf, peace be upon him; to the fourth, where I found Harun, peace be upon him; to the fifth, where I found Idris, peace be upon him; to the sixth, where I found Musa, peace be upon him; and to the seventh, where I found Ibrahim, peace be upon him.
“Then I was taken up above the seven heavens, and we came to the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary. A mist enveloped me, and I fell down prostrate. I was told: ‘On the day I created the heavens and the earth, I prescribed fifty prayers for you and your community. So perform them, you and your community.’
“I returned to Ibrahim, but he asked me nothing. Then I came to Musa, and he said, ‘How many prayers has Allah prescribed for you and your community?’ I said, ‘Fifty prayers.’ He said, ‘You and your community will not be able to perform them. Return to your Lord and ask Him to lighten them.’ I returned to my Lord, and He lightened them for me by ten. Then I came to Musa, and he told me to return. I returned, and He lightened them for me by ten; then they were reduced to five prayers.
“He said, ‘Return to your Lord and ask Him to lighten them, for He prescribed two prayers for the Children of Israel, but they did not keep them.’ I returned to my Lord, Mighty and Exalted, and asked Him to lighten them. He said: ‘On the day I created the heavens and the earth, I prescribed fifty prayers for you and your community. Five are worth fifty, so perform them, you and your community.’ I knew that this was fixed by Allah, Blessed and Exalted. I returned to Musa, peace be upon him, and he said, ‘Go back.’ I knew that this was decisively decreed by Allah, so I did not return.”
Translation notes
The source describes the mount’s stride as reaching the farthest extent of its gaze.
The Arabic says the reduction was made by ten and then returned to five; unlike the English witness, it does not repeat an additional ten-prayer reduction in this passage.
The Arabic glosses the final word صِرَّى as حَتْمٌ (decisive or certain), which is reflected in the wording about what was decreed.
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ هِشَامٍ،
The English witness omits most of the transmission chain.
Confirm the complete isnad against the Arabic source.
فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَبِّي فَخَفَّفَ عَنِّي عَشْرًا ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ مُوسَى فَأَمَرَنِي بِالرُّجُوعِ فَرَجَعْتُ فَخَفَّفَ عَنِّي عَشْرًا ثُمَّ رُدَّتْ إِلَى خَمْسِ صَلَوَاتٍ .
The English witness repeats a reduction by ten beyond the sequence in the Arabic block.
Confirm that the translation follows the Arabic sequence of one further reduction by ten and then the reduction to five.