Is this Hadith authentic?
“On the night of Mi’raj, Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was brought an animal with a long back [Sayyiduna stretched out his hands wide to demonstrate this], one stride of it is as far as its vision. So, the two of them [Nabi sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and Jibril] remained upon the back of Al-Buraq until they saw Jannah and Jahannam, and all of what has been prepared for the Hereafter, then they returned back to where they began.”
Answer:
Imam Tirmidhi (rahimahullah) has recorded this narration as part of a longer narration on the authority of Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (radiyallahu ‘anhu). He has graded the Hadith authentic (hasanun sahih).
(Sunan Tirmidhi, Hadith: 3147)
Imams Ahmad and Ibn Hibban (rahimahumallah) have recorded slightly different words.
(Musnad Ahmad, vol. 5 pg. 387 and Sahih Ibn Hibban; Al Ihsan, Hadith: 45)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar