Which house does ‘Al Bayt’ refer to in the following narration?
‘Bayna ana ‘indal Bayt’
Sahih Muslim, Kitabul Iman.
Answer:
This is part of the lengthy Hadith regarding the incident of Mi’raj recorded by Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim (rahimahumallah).
(Sahih Bukhari, Hadith: 3887, Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 164)
‘Al Bayt’ here means the Ka’bah. The version in Sahih Bukhari has the words ‘While I was lying down in the Hatim…’
There are several other words that have been used in the different versions of this Hadith. See Fathul Bari (Hadith: 3887, vol. 7 pg. 204) where Hafiz Ibn Hajar (rahimahullah) has reconciled between these versions.
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
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