Hadith #46

Sahih Li Dhatihi

Chapter: Beginning of Creation

Beginning of Creation

Arabic Text

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ الأَشْوَعِ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِع

Body (Matn)

َائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ فَأَيْنَ قَوْلُهُ {ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّى * فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى} قَالَتْ ذَاكَ جِبْرِيلُ كَانَ يَأْتِيهِ فِي صُورَةِ الرَّجُلِ، وَإِنَّهُ أَتَاهُ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ فِي صُورَتِهِ الَّتِي هِيَ صُورَتُهُ، فَسَدَّ الأُفُقَ.

Isnad Chain

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محمد بن يوسفnarrator

محمد بن يوسف

1
أبو أسامةnarrator

أبو أسامة

2
زكرياء بن أبي زائدةnarrator

زكرياء بن أبي زائدة

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ابن الأشوعnarrator

ابن الأشوع

4
Ash-Sha'binarrator

الشعبي

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مسروقcompanion

مسروق

English Translation

Masruq (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that i asked Aisha "What about His Statement:-- "Then he (Gabriel) approached And came closer, And was at a distance Of but two bow-lengths Or (even) nearer?" (53.8-9) She replied, "It was Gabriel who used to come to the Prophet ﷺ in the figure of a man, but on that occasion, he came in his actual and real figure and (he was so huge) that he covered the whole horizon

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari, Beginning of Creation, Hadith 46

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