Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3234
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا الْقَاسِمُ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَأَى رَبَّهُ فَقَدْ أَعْظَمَ، وَلَكِنْ قَدْ رَأَى جِبْرِيلَ فِي صُورَتِهِ، وَخَلْقُهُ سَادٌّ مَا بَيْنَ الأُفُقِ.
Translation
Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Ismaʿil narrated to us: Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Ansari narrated to us, from Ibn ʿAwn: al-Qasim informed us, from ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: ‘Whoever claims that Muhammad saw his Lord has made a grave claim. Rather, he saw Gabriel in his created form, whose immense figure filled the horizon.’