Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3232
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ زِرَّ بْنَ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ، تَعَالَى {فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى * فَأَوْحَى إِلَى عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَى}. قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّهُ رَأَى جِبْرِيلَ لَهُ سِتُّمِائَةِ جَنَاحٍ.
Qutayba narrated to us: Abu ʿAwana narrated to us: Abu Ishaq al-Shaybani said: I asked Zirr ibn Hubaysh about Allah’s saying, ‘He was at a distance of two bow-lengths, or nearer; then He revealed to His servant what He revealed.’ He said: Ibn Masʿud narrated to us that he saw Gabriel, who had six hundred wings.
Translation notes
The English witness identifies the person who saw Gabriel as the Prophet (ﷺ); the Arabic excerpt says only ‘he saw,’ in the statement attributed to Ibn Masʿud.