Difference of Opinion on Prophet Muhammad's (Meraj) Journey to the Skies

Question: - Some Muslims believe that Meraj (ladder / ascension) meaning the journey to the skies is nothing. This was a dream of Muhammad ji. Majority believe it to be true. The people at the time considered it to be an outright lie. Muhammad Sahib told, “When I walked alone towards God, I crossed seventeen curtains. The duration from one curtain to another was five hundred years”, that is, it took a person five hundred years to go from one curtain to the other. “Sitting on a mule-like (Buraq) animal, climbing up the stairs, we went up.” When Muhammad ji told all these and other experiences to his companions, Hazrat Abu Bakr immediately accepted it. But several Muslims renounced the Muslim faith. One thing that they found hard to accept was when Muhammad said, “All this happened in such a time that when I (Muhammad) was about to mount Buraq, my foot hit a bowl filled with water. Half of its water spilled. When I returned after travelling all the skies, I stopped it from tipping over and saved the rest of the water.” Is it true?

Answer: - Whatever Hazrat Muhammad ji saw in the journey of the skies is all true. His foot hitting a bowl of water, then stopping the bowl from tipping over on his return and saving the rest of the water from spilling, keeping the bowl upright. The time taken to cover the distance between each curtain to be five hundred years, seeing the congregation of prophets above, leading them in prayer, seeing Baba Adam laughing and crying, etc; everything is true. (Author)

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