حَدَّثَنَي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ أَيُّ الْقُرْآنِ أُنْزِلَ أَوَّلُ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ فَقُلْتُ أُنْبِئْتُ أَنَّهُ اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّکَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَقَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْقُرْآنِ أُنْزِلَ أَوَّلُ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ فَقُلْتُ أُنْبِئْتُ أَنَّهُ اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّکَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَقَالَ لَا أُخْبِرُکَ إِلَّا بِمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَاوَرْتُ فِي حِرَائٍ فَلَمَّا قَضَيْتُ جِوَارِي هَبَطْتُ فَاسْتَبْطَنْتُ الْوَادِيَ فَنُودِيتُ فَنَظَرْتُ أَمَامِي وَخَلْفِي وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي فَإِذَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عَلَی کُرْسِيٍّ بَيْنَ السَّمَائِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَأَتَيْتُ خَدِيجَةَ فَقُلْتُ دَثِّرُونِي وَصُبُّوا عَلَيَّ مَائً بَارِدًا وَأُنْزِلَ عَلَيَّ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ وَرَبَّکَ فَکَبِّرْ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 4926
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: That he heard Allah's Messenger describing the period of pause of the Divine Inspiration, and in his description he said, "While I was walking I heard a voice from the sky. I looked up towards the sky, and behold! I saw the same Angel who came to me in the Cave of Hira', sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I was so terrified by him that I fell down on the ground. Then I went to my wife and said, 'Wrap me in garments! Wrap me in garments!' They wrapped me, and then Allah revealed: "O you, (Muhammad) wrapped-up! Arise and warn...and desert the idols." (74.1-5) Abu Salama said....Rujz means idols." After that, the Divine Inspiration started coming more frequently and regularly.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020