حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِکِ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ اللَّيْثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَقُولُ أَخْبَرَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ ثُمَّ فَتَرَ الْوَحْيُ عَنِّي فَتْرَةً فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي ثُمَّ ذَکَرَ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ يُونُسَ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَجُئِثْتُ مِنْهُ فَرَقًا حَتَّی هَوَيْتُ إِلَی الْأَرْضِ قَالَ و قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَالرُّجْزُ الْأَوْثَانُ قَالَ ثُمَّ حَمِيَ الْوَحْيُ بَعْدُ وَتَتَابَعَ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 407
Jabir b. 'Abdullah al-Ansari who was one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) reportedThe Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) told about the intermission of revelation and narrated While I was walking I heard a voice from the sky, and raising my head I saw the angel who had come to me in Hira', sitting on a Throne between heaven and earth I was terror-stricken on that account and came back (to my family) and said: Wrap me up, wrap me up! So they wrapped me up, and the Blessed and Most Exalted Allah sent down: You who are shrouded, arise and deliver warning, your Lord magnify, your clothes cleanse, and defilement shun, and defilement means idols; and then the revelation was followed continuously.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020