Ascension Night of the Prophet Muhammad

Hagia Sophia Mosque in a photo of the XIX centuryMirac Kandili is the Night of the Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad into the Seventh Heaven.

It is celebrated on the 27th night of the holy lunar month of Hijra Rajab. It is perhaps the most solemn of Kandili.

In ritual terms, fasting on Miraj Night is equal to one hundred nights of fasting.