Abdullah bin Abbas reported,

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "On the night I was taken on the night journey, and morning came while I was in Mecca, I felt distressed about my situation and knew that the people would call me a liar." So he sat apart, grieving.Then the enemy of Allah, Abu Jahl, passed by and came and sat with him. Mockingly, he said to him, "Has anything happened?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Yes."Abu Jahl asked, "What is it?"He said, "I was taken on a night journey tonight."Abu Jahl asked, "To where?"He answered, "To Bayt al-Maqdis."Abu Jahl said, "Then you woke up here among us this morning?"He replied, "Yes."Abu Jahl did not let on that he disbelieved him, fearing that the Prophet would deny the account when he called his people to hear it. So he said, "What do you think, if I summon your people, will you tell them what you have just told me?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Yes."So Abu Jahl called out, "Gather round, people of Banu Kaab bin Luayy!"The gathered groups broke up and came over until they sat down with the two of them. Abu Jahl said, "Tell your people what you told me."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I was taken on a night journey tonight."They asked, "To where?"He said, "To Bayt al-Maqdis."They said, "Then you woke up here among us this morning?"He answered, "Yes."Some clapped their hands in astonishment, and others put their hands on their heads, amazed at what they considered a lie. They said, "Can you describe the mosque for us?" Among the people were some who had traveled to that land and seen the mosque.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I began to describe it, and I kept describing it until some of the description became confused for me. Then the mosque was brought and placed before my eyes, near the house of Uqal or Aqeel, and I described it while looking at it." He added, "There were also other features I did not memorize."The people said, "As for the description, by Allah, he got it right."

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عن ابن عباس قال

قال رسول الله ﷺ لما كان ليلة أسري بي وأصبحت بمكة فظعت بأمري وعرفت أن الناس مكذبي فقعد معتزلا حزينا قال فمر عدو الله أبو جهل فجاء حتى جلس إليه فقال له كالمستهزئ هل كان من شيء فقال رسول الله ﷺ نعم قال ما هو قال إنه أسري بي الليلة قال إلى أين قال إلى بيت المقدس قال ثم أصبحت بين ظهرانينا قال نعم قال فلم ير أنه يكذبه مخافة أن يجحده الحديث إذا دعا قومه إليه قال أرأيت إن دعوت قومك تحدثهم ما حدثتني فقال رسول الله ﷺ نعم فقال هيا معشر بني كعب بن لؤي قال فانتفضت إليه المجالس وجاءوا حتى جلسوا إليهما قال حدث قومك بما حدثتني فقال رسول الله ﷺ إني أسري بي الليلة قالوا إلى أين قلت إلى بيت المقدس قالوا ثم أصبحت بين ظهرانينا قال نعم قال فمن بين مصفق ومن بين واضع يده على رأسه متعجبا للكذب زعم قالوا وهل تستطيع أن تنعت لنا المسجد وفي القوم من قد سافر إلى ذلك البلد ورأى المسجد فقال رسول الله ﷺ فذهبت أنعت فما زلت أنعت حتى التبس علي بعض النعت قال فجيء بالمسجد وأنا أنظر حتى وضع دون دار عقال أو عقيل فنعته وأنا أنظر إليه قال وكان مع هذا نعت لم أحفظه قال فقال القوم أما النعت فوالله لقد أصاب