After the Prophet performed the Evening Prayer (^Ish a '), Jibr i l came to him with a white animal, slightly larger than a donkey yet smaller than a mule. This animal was the bur aq ,--one of the animals of Paradise. Jibr i l held the bur aq by his ear and told the Prophet to mount it. When the bur aq was mounted, the Prophet set forth. The bur aq is a very fast animal; the length of the bur aq 's stride is the farthest distance it's eye can see. The Prophet and Jibr i l arrived to a land with palm trees. Jibr i l told the Prophet to dismount and pray, so the Prophet dismounted the bur aq and prayed two rak^as . Jibr i l asked him, "Do you know where you prayed?" and the Prophet answered, " All a h knows best." Jibr i l told him, "This is Yathrib ; this is T aybah . "." (These are two names for the city...
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