"At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary." Ibn Abbas said: I asked Ka'b about the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, and he said: 'It is the boundary to which the souls of the believers ascend when they die; no soul of a believer passes beyond it. When a believer is taken, the near angels of the heavens follow him until he is brought to the Lote Tree and placed there. Then, the near angels line up and pray over him, just as you pray over your dead here. That is the meaning of His statement: "The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary."'
Said, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mentioned in the hadith of the night he was taken on the Night Journey: 'Then the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary was raised for us, and its leaves were like the ears of elephants, and its...'
﴿عِنْد سِدْرَة الْمُنْتَهى﴾ قَالَ ابْن عَبَّاس: سَأَلت كَعْبًا عَن سِدْرَة الْمُنْتَهى. فَقَالَ: يُنْتَهى إِلَيْهَا بأرْوَاح الْمُؤمنِينَ إِذا مَاتُوا لَا يجاوزها روح مُؤمن؛ فَإِذا قبض الْمُؤمن تبعه مُقَرَّبو أهل السَّمَاوَات حَتَّى يُنْتَهى بِهِ إِلَى السِّدْرة فَيُوضَع، ثمَّ تصفُّ الْمَلَائِكَة المقربون فيصلون عَلَيْهِ كَمَا تصلونَ على مَوْتَاكُم أَنْتُم هَا هُنَا، فَذَلِك قَوْله: ﴿سِدْرَة الْمُنْتَهى﴾.
سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يذكر فِي حَدِيثِ لَيْلَةِ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ: " ثمَّ رفعت لنا السِّدْرَة الْمُنْتَهى، فَإِذا ورقُها مثل آذان الفِيلَة، وَإِذا
