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In the name of Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah, our master Muhammad, may blessings and peace be upon him: My dear friends, the journey of Isra and Mi’raj is one of the miracles of our master Muhammad, may blessings and peace be upon him. It is not an ordinary journey like the ones we humans take. Rather, it is a journey in which our master Muhammad, may blessings and peace be upon him, reached a magnificent place in the sky. This place is called the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary (Sidrat al-Muntaha). I will tell you what this Lote Tree is, but first we will tell how this blessed journey began. ...

It is said that the first person who spoke this proverb was an Arab man named Jaber bin Adei who told it to his son Adei when he went out hunting. He mounted his horse and rode far into the desert until his horse stumbled and threw him, causing him great injury. He sought someone to treat him and found a man of a gentle nature named Jaber with his wife. ...

In a village of the villages, there was an old man in the desert. He lived a very simple life. He was always striving to obtain his daily sustenance from begging from people of the village. He was known for his good heart, his beautiful features, and what no one knew except that he loved very much. He didn’t speak from childhood to strangers, and he was gentle, kind of heart. He didn’t grow, and he didn’t become tall. ...

In ancient times, there lived a righteous man who had three sons: Hamid, Hamdan, and Mahmoud. This man was poor at the beginning of his life, but he worked diligently and sincerely until he had a large trade. He also bought a piece of land that he farmed in his free time from trade, which provided him with a large income. When the man grew old, he gathered his three sons and said to them, “I have grown old, my sons, and have become unable to work. Therefore, I will leave everything I own for you to manage yourselves.” Mahmoud said to his father, “Father, I love trade, and I am skilled in it. If you leave me your trade, I will care for it and develop it.” The father agreed but stipulated that his son Mahmoud must never cheat in trade and must give out zakat money from the wealth at its appointed time. ...

Once upon a time, in ancient times, there was a man who committed many sins and crimes. He would drink wine, play music, and worship idols, and he would do other things many times, but God would forgive him and his family. On a day of the days, this man repented to God to leave all sins and work righteously to please God Almighty and to give him a paradise in which there is no eyes have seen, nor ears have heard, nor has there fallen on a human heart the thought of it. ...

There was a man of good heart and piety who worked in weaving carpets. Whenever he found a homeless person, he would cover them with a new carpet at his expense. One night, he had a strange dream. He saw his grandfather’s vineyard hanging from grapes, and people coming individually and in groups to eat from this grape vineyard, and the grapes never ran out. When the dream repeated, the man went to one of the righteous sheikhs and complained to him about his dream. He asked the sheikh: If you have a solution? The sheikh said to him: My son Muhammad’s age is two years. Memorize the Holy Quran completely. And God will grant him great status. Indeed, the man did that. When the child became eight years old, he was able, by God’s grace, to memorize the Holy Quran completely. The father thanked God greatly and increased his blessings and granted him much good and success. He was able to record the Quran in the narration of Hafs from Asim in the lands of the world by the method of memorization and recitation. Sheikh Muhammad Khalil Al-Husari took a financial grant for that, and God placed for him and recorded his success in the land and increased his blessings from it, where he was able to record the Holy Quran in the narration of Hafs from Asim in 1961, then recorded the Quran in the narration of Warsh from Nafi in 1964. ...

It is narrated that there was a farm owner who was a very good, pious, and righteous man. He had a brother for evil, he hated from every good word, and he was cunning and thought of evil intentions. The Farm Owner and His Brother for Good with Good and Deeds: So the farm owner was advising him continuously with benevolence about this issue of evil, and encouraging him continually to restrain himself and control his self, and to remember the good saying, so he was becoming: This is impossible upon me, for I see myself deceiving with the evil of creation, and had built against myself the defects of the human and animals. ...

A student passed by one of the ladies, while she was crying. So he asked her about the reason for her crying. She said: The teacher ordered us to memorize a great speech, and whoever memorizes it and brings it to me by a great sign will obtain a great reward. But I am weak in memorizing, and I fear that the sign will go to others, with my strong desire to obtain it. ...

Several tales and proverbs are narrated about the virtue of humility in Islam, and the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, preceded us in this. He is the one who gave and taught all Muslims the virtue of humility in Islam. After him, the commanders of the faithful and all Muslims followed his approach. The Humility of the Prophet, Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him: It is narrated that one day, Adi bin Hatim, who was a Christian, came to the Prophet, upon whom be the best prayers and finest greetings, while he was in Medina. He took him to his home. While they were on their way, an old, weak woman met the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and stopped him for a long time, asking him about some of her affairs. He stood for her until she finished. Adi was amazed at his humility. ...

I was coming down from my minaret with fear. I had a minaret on earth named Utbah bin Rabia, and his father was my master. And I saw from my place this Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, come to my minaret with fear. He came secretly, no one knowing about him. He wanted to invite them to Islam, and I hoped his migration would be simpler and more successful than Quraysh. ...