3021—On the night I was taken on the Night Journey, when morning came I was in Makkah, deeply troubled by my affair, knowing that the people would accuse me of lying. So he sat apart, sorrowful.

The enemy of Allah, Abu Jahl, passed by and came and sat beside him. Mockingly, he asked, “Has anything happened?”

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, “Yes.”

He asked, “What was it?” He said:

“I was taken by night last night.”

He asked, “Where to?” He said:

“To Bayt al-Maqdis.”

He asked, “And by morning you were back among us?” He said:

“Yes.”

He did not think to accuse him of lying, for fear that he might deny the account when he summoned his people to hear it. He said, “If I call your people, will you tell them what you have told me?”

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, “Yes.”

He then called out, “Come here, O assembly of Banu Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy!” The gatherings stirred toward him, and they came and sat with the two of them. He said, “Tell your people what you told me.”

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: