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DID ISRA WA AL-MIRAAJ TOOK PLACE ON 27th RAJAB?

There is No authentic hadith which states that the night of Isra wa al-Miraaj (the Prophet’s night journey and Ascension to the heavens) took place on the 27th of Rajab.

Ibn Hajr (رحمة الله) said:

"Some story tellers have said that the night of miraaj took place in the month of Rajab, this is false!"

: Tabeen Al-Ajab, pg 6

Allama Ibn Rajab (رحمة الله) said:

"The narrations on the night of Isra wa al Miraaj from Qasim bin Muhammad are not authentic which state that Prophet (ﷺ) had the night of Miraaj on 27th Rajab. Ibrahim Harbi and others have rejected this statement."

: Zaad Al Maad of Ibn Al Qayyim 275/2

Ibn al-Qayyim (رحمة الله) narrated that Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمة الله) said:

"..and there has not been transmitted a single proof that is known that mentions which month or which ten day period or which exact night it was in. Rather, the narrations concerning this are contradictory and weak, and there is nothing from them that incisive. Hence it is not legislated for the Muslims to single out any night based on an assumption that it is the night of Isrā' with salah or other than that."

: Zaad al Maad 1/58

Hafiz Ibn Hajr (رحمة الله) has mentioned in Fathul Bari Volume 7, pg 242-243, about this dispute on the date of Miraaj in detail. He has listed all the opinions including Rajab and has explained in the end that the correct view is that which is of Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمة الله) in this issue which states:

"There is no authentic narration on the month and date of the night of Miraaj, there are only Munqata (interrupted) chains on this matter and they cannot be taken as evidence."

: Lataif Al Maroof of Ibn Rajab, pg, 233

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When there is no authentic hadith which tells us about the month of this event then how can we get the authentic hadith on the date?

Everything that has been narrated concerning a specific date for these events cannot be proven to have come from the Prophet (ﷺ) according to the scholars of hadith. Allah has wise reasons for causing the people to forget it. Even if the date were proven, it would not be permissible for the Muslims to single it out for particular acts of worship, and it is not permissible for them to celebrate it, because the Prophet (ﷺ) and his companions (رضى الله عنهم) did not celebrate it and they did not single it out in any way. If celebrating it was something that is prescribed in Islam, the Messenger (ﷺ) would have told his ummah about that, either in word or in deed. If any such thing had happened, it would have been well known, and his companions would have transmitted the information to us. If venerating and celebrating this night were part of the religion of Allah, then the Prophet (ﷺ) would have done that and would not have concealed it. Since no such thing happened, it is known that celebrating it and venerating it is not part of Islam at all.

For more details on this matter, check: Tafsir Al Qurtubi, Fathul Bari of Ibn Hajr, chapter of Miraaj & Zaad Al Maad of Ibn Al Qayyim.