A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ During the night of the Mi’raj , Jibril ( a.s. ) brought to the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), the Buraq, the mount of lightning, handsome-faced and bridled, a tall, white beast, bigger than the donkey but smaller than the mule.  He could place his hooves at the farthest boundary of his gaze.  He had long ears.  Whenever he faced a mountain, his hind legs would extend, and whenever he went downhill, his front legs would extend.  He had two wings on his thighs which lent strength to his legs.   He bucked when the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) came to mount him.  Jibril ( a.s. ) put his hand on his mane, and said, “Are you not ashamed, O Buraq?  By Allah ( s.w.t. ), no one has ridden you in all Creation Dearer to Allah ( s.w.t. ) than he is.”  Hearing this, he was so ashamed that he sweated until he became soaked, and he stood still so that the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) mounted him.   The other prophets used to mount the Buraq bef...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Tawaswswul wa al-Wasilah , that Imam Abu Bakr ‘Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abu ad-Dunya ( r.a. ) recorded in his book, Mujabi ad-Du‘a , that a person came over to see Shaykh ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Sa’id ibn Abjar ( r.a. ), in pain.  Shaykh ‘Abd al-Malik ( r.a. ) pressed his belly, and told him that he was suffering from an incurable disease.  The man asked him, “What is it?”   Shaykh ‘Abd al-Malik ( r.a. ) replied that it was a kind of ulcer that grows inside the belly, and ultimately kills the man.  It is said that the patient turned around, and then he said, “Allah!  Allah!  Allah is my Lord.  I regard no one as His rival or partner.  O Allah!  I beseech You and submit myself to You through the mediation of Your prophet, Muhammad ( s.a.w. ), the merciful prophet.  O Muhammad!  Through your means I submit myself to your and my Lord that He should have Mercy on me in my state.”   It is said t...