Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 4926
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ فَتْرَةِ الْوَحْىِ " فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَرَفَعْتُ بَصَرِي قِبَلَ السَّمَاءِ، فَإِذَا الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي جَاءَنِي بِحِرَاءٍ قَاعِدٌ عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ، فَجَئِثْتُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى هَوَيْتُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ، فَجِئْتُ أَهْلِي فَقُلْتُ زَمِّلُونِي زَمِّلُونِي. فَزَمَّلُونِي فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {فَاهْجُرْ} " ـ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَالرِّجْزَ الأَوْثَانَ ـ " ثُمَّ حَمِيَ الْوَحْىُ وَتَتَابَعَ ".
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abdullah ibn Yusuf related to us; al-Layth related to us, from Uqayl. Ibn Shihab said: I heard Abu Salama say: Jabir ibn Abdullah informed me that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) speak about the pause in revelation. He said: While I was walking, I heard a voice from heaven and raised my gaze toward the sky. There was the angel who had come to me at Hira, sitting on a chair between heaven and earth. I was so terrified of him that I fell to the ground. I came to my family and said, ‘Wrap me up, wrap me up!’ They wrapped me up, and Allah Most High revealed, ‘O you who are wrapped up,’ through His words, ‘so shun it.’ Abu Salama said, ‘Al-rijz means idols.’ Then revelation intensified and came in succession.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
This version says the Prophet was terrified until he fell to the ground; the adjacent report says he was overcome with terror and returned.