Shaddad bin Aws reported,

We said, "Messenger of Allah, how were you taken on the night journey?"He replied, "I had prayed the night prayer in Mecca with my turban on, and Jibreel came to me with a white animal, larger than a donkey and smaller than a mule. He said, 'Mount.' But it proved difficult for me, so he turned it by its ear and helped me onto it. It set off, racing with us, its hoof landing as far as its sight could reach, until we arrived at a land of palm trees. He brought me down and said, 'Pray.' So I prayed.Then we mounted again, and he asked, 'Do you know where you prayed?'I said, 'Allah knows best.'He said, 'You prayed at Yathrib, you prayed at Taybah.'Then it set off, racing with us, its hoof landing as far as its sight could reach, until we reached a land. He said, 'Dismount.' So I dismounted. Then he said, 'Pray.' So I prayed.Then we mounted, and he asked, 'Do you know where you prayed?'I said, 'Allah knows best.'He said, 'You prayed at Madyan, you prayed at the tree of Musa .'Then it set off, racing with us, its hoof landing as far as its sight could reach, until we reached a land where palaces appeared before us. He said, 'Dismount.' So I dismounted. He said, 'Pray.' So I prayed.Then we mounted, and he asked, 'Do you know where you prayed?'I said, 'Allah knows best.'He said, 'You prayed at Bethlehem, where Isa the Messiah, son of Mary, was born.'Then he took me onward until we entered the city through its southern gate. He came to the qiblah of the mosque and tethered his animal there, and we entered the mosque through a gate where the sun and moon incline. I prayed in the mosque as much as Allah willed.Then thirst overcame me as it never had before, and I was brought two vessels, one containing milk and the other honey, both sent to me together. I weighed them against each other, then Allah guided me, so I took the milk and drank until I struck my forehead with the vessel. Before me was an old man reclining on his elbow, and he said, 'Your companion has chosen the natural disposition. Truly he is rightly guided.'Then he took me onward until we came to the valley in the city, and there was Hell, uncovered like a carpet."I asked, "Messenger of Allah, how did you find it?"He said, "Like a hot spring.Then he turned back with me, and we passed by a caravan of Quraysh at such-and-such a place. They had lost a camel, and so-and-so had gathered it. I greeted them with peace, and one of them said, 'That is the voice of Muhammad.'Then I returned to my companions in Mecca before dawn. Abu Bakr came to me and said, 'Messenger of Allah, where were you tonight? I sought you at your usual place.'I said, 'Do you know that I went to Bayt al-Maqdis tonight?'He said, 'Messenger of Allah, that is a month's journey. Describe it to me.'So a path was opened up for me as if I were looking right at it. He did not ask me about anything without my informing him about it. Abu Bakr said, 'I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah.'The polytheists said, 'Look at Ibn Abu Kabsha. He claims he went to Bayt al-Maqdis tonight!'He said, 'A sign of what I am telling you is that I passed by a caravan of yours at such-and-such a place. They had lost a camel, and so-and-so gathered it. On their journey they will halt at such-and-such a place, then at such-and-such a place, and they will reach you on such-and-such a day. Leading them will be a brown camel bearing a black saddlecloth and two black sacks.'When that day came, the people went out to look, waiting until close to midday, when the caravan arrived, led by the very camel the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had described."

عن شداد بن أوس قال

قلنا يا رسول الله كيف أسري بك؟ قال: صليت العتمة بمكة معتما، وأتاني جبريل- عليه السلام- بدابة بيضاء فوق الحمار ودون البغل، فقال: اركب فاستصعبت علي، فدارها بأذنها، ثم حملني عليها، فانطلقت تهوي بنا: يقع حافرها حيث أدرك طرفها، حتى بلغنا أرضا ذات نخل فأنزلني، فقال: صل. فصليت، ثم ركبنا فقال: أتدري أين صليت؟ قلت: الله أعلم. قال: صليت بيثرب، صليت بطيبة، فانطلقت تهوي بنا يقع حافرها حيث أدرك طرفها، ثم بلغنا أرضا فقال: انزل، فنزلت، ثم قال: صل فصليت، ثم ركبنا، فقال: أتدري أين صليت؟ قلت: الله أعلم. قال: صليت بمدين، صليت عند شجرة موسى عليه السلام، ثم انطلقت تهوى بنا يقع حافرها حيث أدرك طرفها، ثم بلغنا أرضا بدت لنا قصور، فقال: انزل فنزلت، فقال: صل فصليت، ثم ركبنا، قال: أتدري أين صليت؟ قلت: الله أعلم. قال: صليت ببيت لحم، حيث ولد عيسى- عليه السلام- المسيح ابن مريم، ثم انطلق بي حتى دخلنا المدينة من بابها اليماني، فأتى قبلة المسجد فربط به دابته ودخلنا المسجد من باب فيه تميل الشمس والقمر، فصليت من المسجد حيث شاء الله وأخذني من العطش أشد ما أخذني، فأتيت بإناءين في أحدهما لبن، وفي الآخر عسل، أرسل إلي بهما جميعا، فعدلت بينهما ثم هداني الله عز وجل فأخذت اللبن فشربت، حتى قرعت به جبيني وبين يدي شيخ متكئ على مثراة له فقال: أخذ صاحبك الفطرة أنه ليهدي، ثم انطلق بي حتى أتينا الوادي الذي في المدينة، فإذا جهنم تنكشف عن مثل الزرابي، قلت: يا رسول الله! كيف وجدتها؟ قال: مثل الحمة السخنة، ثم انصرف بي فمررنا بعير لقريش بمكان كذا وكذا قد أضلوا بعيرا لهم فجمعه فلان، فسلمت عليهم فقال: بعضهم هذا صوت محمد، ثم أتيت أصحابي قبل الصبح بمكة فأتاني أبو بكر رضي الله عنه، فقال: يا رسول الله، أين كنت الليلة فقد التمستك في مكانك. فقال: علمت أني أتيت بيت المقدس الليلة، فقال: يا رسول الله إنه مسيرة شهر فصفه لي. قال: ففتح لي صراط كأني أنظر فيه لا يسلني عن شيء إلا أنبأته عنه، قال أبو بكر: أشهد أنك رسول الله، فقال المشركون: انظروا إلى ابن أبي كبشة يزعم أنه أتي بيت المقدس الليلة، قال: فقال: إن من آية ما أقول لكم أني مررت بعير لكم بمكان كذا وكذا قد أضلوا بعيرا لهم فجمعه فلان، وإن مسيرهم ينزلون بكذا ثم بكذا، ويأتونكم يوم كذا وكذا يقدمهم جمل آدم عليه مسح أسود وغرارتان سوداوان، فلما كان ذلك اليوم أشرف الناس ينتظرون حتى كان قريب من نصف النهار حتى أقبلت العير يقدمهم ذلك الجمل الذي وصفه الرسول الله ﷺ.