Hadith #25
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ قَالَ وَلَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ جَلَسَ جِبْرِيلُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَإِذَا مَلَكٌ يَنْزِلُ فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَلَكَ مَا نَزَلَ مُن
ْذُ يَوْمِ خُلِقَ قَبْلَ السَّاعَةِ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ قَالَ أَفَمَلِكًا نَبِيًّا يَجْعَلُكَ أَوْ عَبْدًا رَسُولًا قَالَ جِبْرِيلُ تَوَاضَعْ لِرَبِّكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ بَلْ عَبْدًا رَسُولًا
Isnad Chain
محمد بن فضيل
عمارة
أبي زرعة
أبو هريرة
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Muhammad ibn Fudayl, from 'Umara, from Abu Zur'a — who said: I know it only from Abu Hurayra — that Jibril sat with the Prophet ﷺ and looked toward the sky. An angel descended, and Jibril said: 'This angel has never descended since the day he was created until this hour.' When he descended, he said: 'O Muhammad, your Lord has sent me to you — should He make you a king-prophet or a servant-messenger?' Jibril said: 'Humble yourself before your Lord, O Muhammad.' He said: 'Rather a servant-messenger.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 25
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 6863
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43253