حَدَّثَنَا خَلَّادُ بْنُ يَحْيَی حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ ذَرٍّ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَا جِبْرِيلُ مَا يَمْنَعُکَ أَنْ تَزُورَنَا أَکْثَرَ مِمَّا تَزُورُنَا فَنَزَلَتْ وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلَّا بِأَمْرِ رَبِّکَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَمَا خَلْفَنَا إِلَی آخِرِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ کَانَ هَذَا الْجَوَابَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 7455
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "O Gabriel, what prevents you. from visiting us more often than you do?" Then this Verse was revealed:--'And we angels descend not but by Command of your Lord. To Him belongs what is before us and what is behind us..' (19.64) So this was the answer to Muhammad.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020