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Chapters on Tafsir

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كتاب تفسير القرآن عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Zirr bin Hubaish narrated that he said to Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman (رضي الله تعالى عنه), 'did the Apostle of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) perform Salat in Bait Al-Maqdis?' He said, 'no.' I said, 'but he did.' Hudhaifah (رضي الله تعالى عنه) said, 'you say that O bald one. On what basis you say that?' I said, 'based upon the Qur'an, (the Judge) between you and I is the Qur'an.' So Hudhaifah (رضي الله تعالى عنه) said, 'whoever argues using the Qur'an, then he has indeed succeeded.' (One of the narrators) Sufyan said, ‘he means, 'he has indeed proven' - and perhaps Sufyan said, ‘he triumphed. Zirr said - [The Unity (ذات الہی) is pure who took His Servant during the nighttime from the honored mosque (the mosque of Makka al-Mukarrama which houses Ka'aba) to the far away mosque (Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem) around which We have abundant virtue] (Al-Isra -1).' Hudhaifah (رضي الله تعالى عنه) said, 'do you see (this proves that) the Prophet ( صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) performed Salat in it?' I said, 'no.' He said, 'if he had performed Salat in it, then it would have been required upon you that you perform Salat in it, just as it is required that you perform Salat in Al-Masjid Al-Haram.' Hudhaifah (رضي الله تعالى عنه) said, 'the Apostle of Allah ( صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) was brought a beast with a long back - stretching out like this - one stride of it, is as far as his vision. So, the two of them remained upon the back of Al-Buraq until they saw Paradise and the Fire, and all of what has been prepared for the Hereafter, then they returned back to where they began.' He said, 'they say that he was fettered, but for what? Because he might flee? The Knower of the unseen and the witness subdued him.' Imam Tirmidhi said, this Hadith is Hasan Sahih.