874 — “I was brought al-Buraq, a long, white beast that placed its hoof at the furthest point reached by its sight. Gabriel and I did not leave its back until I came to Jerusalem. The gates of heaven were opened to us, and I saw Paradise and the Fire.”

Ahmad narrated it (5/392 and 394) through Hammad ibn Salamah, from Asim ibn Bahdalah, from Zirr ibn Hubaysh, from Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, who reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said this. Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman said: “He did not pray in Jerusalem.” Zirr said: “I said to him, ‘Rather, he did pray.’ Hudhayfah said, ‘What is your name, O bald man? I recognize your face, but I do not know your name!’ I said, ‘I am Zirr ibn Hubaysh.’ He said, ‘And how do you know that he prayed?’ I said, ‘Allah says: “Glory be to Him who took His servant by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque, whose environs We have blessed, in order to show him some of Our signs. Indeed, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.”’ He said, ‘Do you find that he prayed in it? Had he prayed there, you would pray in it just as you pray in the Sacred Mosque.’ Zirr said, ‘And he tied the beast to the ring to which the prophets, peace be upon them, tied their mounts.’ Hudhayfah said, ‘Was he afraid that it would get away from him, when Allah had brought it to him?!’”

Al-Tirmidhi (4/139) and al-Hakim (2/359) also narrated it through other chains from Asim, with similar wording. Al-Tirmidhi said: “A good, authentic hadith.” Al-Hakim said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic,” and al-Dhahabi agreed with him.

I say: It is only good, because of the well-known disagreement concerning Asim ibn Bahdalah.

875 — “Stand firm, Hira! For upon you are none but a prophet, a siddiq (a man of consummate truthfulness), or a martyr.”

It has been reported from Saʿid ibn Zayd, Uthman ibn Affan, Anas ibn Malik, Buraydah ibn al-Husayb, and Abu Hurayrah.