Al-Hajj Al-Mabroor

A vivid example of compliance is Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased
with him), after the return of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah
bless him and grant him peace) from the miracle of Al-Isrâ’ (the
Night Journey) [The miraculous night journey during which the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was taken from Al-
Masjid Al-Harâm (at Mecca) to the farthest masjid (in Jerusalem)] and
Al-Mi‘râj (the Ascension to Heaven) [The miraculous ascension of
the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, from Jerusalem
to the Heavens to meet his Lord]. On hearing about the journey of
the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)
to Baitul-Maqdas (Jerusalem) and his ascension to the seventh
heaven people disagreed and listeners wavered between a believer
and a belier, but what did Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with
him) say? Did he discuss the matter? Did he subject it to his
reasoning power?
And discussed it as the nonbelievers who said to the Messenger of
Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), ‘Claim you that
you reached it in a night and we mount on camels back for a
month to reach there.’
They reckoned it materialistically, though they are unseen matters
unsubjected to such sort of estimations.
Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) did not pursue that
manner of judgment, he simply said, ‘If he said so, he has told the
truth.’ He priorly ranked truth for being told by the Messenger of
Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), and did not base
it on the credibility of the story. Abu Bakr said, ‘If I believe him in
the news coming to him from heaven, will not I believe him that
he moved from Mecca to Baitul-Maqdas (Jerusalem) and returned
in a night?’
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