Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2885
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ يَقُولُ بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْكَهْفِ إِذْ رَأَى دَابَّتَهُ تَرْكُضُ فَنَظَرَ فَإِذَا مِثْلُ الْغَمَامَةِ أَوِ السَّحَابَةِ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " تِلْكَ السَّكِينَةُ نَزَلَتْ مَعَ الْقُرْآنِ أَوْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَى الْقُرْآنِ " . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ حُضَيْرٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Ishaq said that he heard al-Bara’ ibn ‘Azib say: A man was reciting Surah al-Kahf when he saw his riding animal start to run. He looked and saw something like a cloud. He went to the Messenger of Allah and told him. The Prophet said, ‘That was the tranquility that descended with the Qur’an—or descended upon the Qur’an.’ A report from Usayd ibn Hudayr is also cited on this topic. Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic offers two phrasings: sakinah descended with the Qur’an or upon the Qur’an. The English witness instead says ‘because of the Qur’an’ in the second phrasing. The unnamed man’s riding animal is described as running (tarkud), not merely stamping its feet.