Al-Bayt al-Ma'mur

البيت المعمور

A house in the seventh heaven directly above the Ka'ba; seventy thousand angels enter it daily to pray and never return. The Prophet saw it on the Night of the Ascent, with Ibrahim leaning his back against it 1 2.

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A house in the seventh heaven directly above the Ka'ba; seventy thousand angels enter daily, pray, and never return — Ibrahim leaned his back against it on the Night of the Ascent.

In the texts

and the Frequented House — Surat at-Tur.

Note

Set above the Sacred House; the hadith frames it in the account of the ascent.

People and things also explored

The prophets' dreams· The Angels Who Send Salawat on the Prophet· Dream interpretation· The delegation of the jinn to the Prophet· The bewitching done on the Prophet· Ahl al-Janna: The People of Paradise (Ramadan television programme)· al-Shifa bi-Ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa· In the Courts of the Hadith Qudsi (television programme)

Sources

  1. Sahih al-Bukhari
  2. Sahih Muslim
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