Night journey of the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam to the heavens and enjoining the prayer

 Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam said: ´´I was brought Al-Buraq (it is an animal, white and long, larger than a donkey but smaller than a mule, who would place his hoof as for as its sight reaches). I mounted it and came to the Bait-ul-Maqdis (Sacred House in Jerusalem), then I tied it to the ring which was used by the Prophets. I entered the mosque and prayed two Rak´ah in it, and then came out and Jibril brought me a vessel of wine and a vessel of milk. I chose the milk, and Jibril said: ´

You have vhosen the natural thing. ´Then he ascended with me to heaven. Jibril requested the gate be opened. He was asked: ´Who is this?´´ He said: ´Jibril.´ He was asked: ´ Who is with you?´

He said:

´ Muhammad.´

He was asked: ´Has he been sent for?´ He said: ´Yes, he has.´ And it wasopened for us and behold! We saw Adam. He welcomed me and prayed for my well-being. Then he ascended with me to the second heaven. Jibril requested the gate be opened. He was asked: ´Who is this?´

He said: ´Jibril.´

He was asked: ´Who is with you?´ He said: ´Muhammad.´ He was asked: Has he been sent for?´ He said: ´Yes, he has.´ And it was opened for us. When I entered, ´Isa bin Maryam and Yahya bin Zakariya, cousins from the meternal side, welcomed me and prayed for my well-being- Then he ascended with me to the third heaven. Jibril requested the gate be opened.

He was asked: ´Who is this?´ He said: ´Jibril.´ He was asked: ´Who is with you?´ He said: ´Muhammad.´ He was asked: ´Has he been sent for?´ He said: ´Yes he has.´ And it was opened for us, and I saw Yusuf who had been given half of the beauty. He welcomed me and prayed for my well-being.  Then he ascended with me to the fourth heaven. Jibril

reqested the gate be opened. He was asked: ´Who is this?´ He said: ´Jibril.´ He was asked: ´Who is with you?´ He said: ´Muhammad.´ He was asked: ´Has he been sent for?´ he said: ´Yes, he has.´

And it was opened for us, and I saw Idris was there. He welcomed me and prayed for my well-being. (About him) allah, the Exalted, has said: ´We elevated him (Idris) to an exalted position (19-57). Then he ascended with me to the fifth heaven. Jibril requested the gate be opened. He was asked: ´Who is this?´

He said: ´Jibril.´ He was asked: ´Who is with you?´ He said: ´Muhammad.´ He was asked: ´Has he been sent for?´ He said: ´Yes, he has.´ And it was opened for us and then I was with Harun (Aaron). He welcomed me and prayed for my well-being. Then he ascended with me to the sixth heaven. Jibril requested the gate be opened. He was asked:

´Who is this?´ He said: ´Jibril.´ He was asked: ´Who is with you?´ He said: ´Muhammad.´ He was asked: ´Has he been sent for?´ He said: ´Yes, he has.´ And it was opened for us and there I saw Musa (Moses). He welcomed me and prayed for my well-being. Then he ascended with me to the seventh  heaven.

Jibril requested the gate be opened. He was asked: ´Who is this?´ He said: ´Jibril.´ He was asked: ´Who is with you?´ He said: ´Muhammad.´ He was asked: ´Has he been sent for?´ He said: ´Yes, he has.´ And it was opened for us and there I saw Ibrahim leaning against the Bait-ul-Ma´mur into which seventy thousand angels enter every day and never return to it.

Then I was taken to Sidrat-ul-Muntaha whose leaves are like elephant ears and its fruits like large clay water containers. And when the Command of Allah came upon it, it changed that. No creation of Allah can describe it due to its beauty.

Then Allah revealed to me a Revelation and made obligatory on me fifty prayers a day and night. Then I went down to Musa and he said: ´What has your Rubb enjoined on your Ummah?´ I said: Fifty prayers a day and night.´ He said: ´Return to your Rubb and ask Him for reduction (in the number of prayers), for you Ummah shall not be able to bear this burden, as I have put to test the Children of Israel and tried them (and found them too weak to bear such a heacy burden).´

I wnt back to my Rubb and said: ´My Rubb, make it lighter for my Ummah.´ He reduced five prayers for me. I wnt down to Musa and said: ´He said: ´Verily, Ummah shall not be able to bear this burden; return to your Rubb and ask Him to make it lighter.´ I then kept going back and forth between my Rubb and Musa, till he said: ´There are five prayers every day and night, O Muhammad, each equals ten, so that makes fifty prayers. He who intends to do a good deed and does not do it. It will be considered as one good deed; and if he does it, it will be recorded for him as ten. Whereas he who intends to do an evil deed and does not do it, it will not be recorded for him; and if he does it, only one evil deed will be recorded.´

I then came down and when Icame to Musa, he said ´Go back to your Rubb and ask Him to make it lighter.´´´ Upon this the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam said: ´I kept returning to my Rubb until I felt shy of Him.´´