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The journey is an event which is now celebrated by Muslims every year,<ref>Khadija Bradlow - [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2279985.ece A Night Journey through Jerusalem] - Times Online, August 18, 2007</ref> and is the title of one of the [[surah|chapters]] of the [[Qur'an]] ([[the Holy Qur'an: Al-Isra (The Night Journey)|Al-Isra, "The Night Journey"]]). [[Sahih]] sources further detail that the event was a literal journey and not a dream.<ref>"''Ibn Abbas added: The sights which Allah's Apostle was shown on the Night Journey when he was taken to Bait-ulMaqdis (i.e. Jerusalem) were actual sights, (not dreams).'' - {{Bukhari|5|58|228}}</ref> | The journey is an event which is now celebrated by Muslims every year,<ref>Khadija Bradlow - [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2279985.ece A Night Journey through Jerusalem] - Times Online, August 18, 2007</ref> and is the title of one of the [[surah|chapters]] of the [[Qur'an]] ([[the Holy Qur'an: Al-Isra (The Night Journey)|Al-Isra, "The Night Journey"]]). [[Sahih]] sources further detail that the event was a literal journey and not a dream.<ref>"''Ibn Abbas added: The sights which Allah's Apostle was shown on the Night Journey when he was taken to Bait-ulMaqdis (i.e. Jerusalem) were actual sights, (not dreams).'' - {{Bukhari|5|58|228}}</ref> | ||
== Location of the Buraq == | ==Location of the Buraq== | ||
Ibn al-Faqih (fl. 902), ibn Abd Rabbih (d. 940), Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi (d. 1731), and other classical and traditional scholars have suggested that the Buraq is tethered to a location near the southwest corner of the Haram (the sanctuary around the [[Kaaba|Ka'baa]]).<ref>Elad, Amikam (1995). ''Medieval Jerusalem and Islamic Worship: Holy Places, Ceremonies, Pilgrimage''. BRILL. pp. 101–2. ISBN <bdi>978-90-04-10010-7</bdi>.</ref> More recently, however, many have maintained that the Buraq is located at the south end of the Western Wall Plaza at the al-Buraq Mosque in Jerusalem, Palestine/Israel.<ref>Ibid.</ref> | [[File:Buraq Wall (circled in orange).jpg|thumb|The Buraq Wall is circled in orange]] | ||
Ibn al-Faqih (fl. 902), ibn Abd Rabbih (d. 940), Abd al-Ghani al-Nablusi (d. 1731), and other classical and traditional scholars have suggested that the Buraq is tethered to a location near the southwest corner of the Haram (the sanctuary around the [[Kaaba|Ka'baa]]).<ref>Elad, Amikam (1995). ''Medieval Jerusalem and Islamic Worship: Holy Places, Ceremonies, Pilgrimage''. BRILL. pp. 101–2. ISBN <bdi>978-90-04-10010-7</bdi>.</ref> More recently, however, many have maintained that the Buraq is located at the south end of the Western Wall Plaza (also referred to as "''Ḥā’iṭu ’l-Burāq''", or "the Buraq Wall") at the al-Buraq Mosque in Jerusalem, Palestine/Israel.<ref>Ibid.</ref> | |||
In 1840, a British Jew asked for permission to pave an area near the Western Wall. The then governor of Syria responded with the following: | In 1840, a British Jew asked for permission to pave an area near the Western Wall. The then governor of Syria responded with the following: | ||