حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَائِ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ حَدَّثَهُمْ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ الطَّائِيِّ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ الْعَوْفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدِيثًا ذَکَرَ فِيهِ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيکَالَ فَقَالَ جِبْرَائِلُ وَمِيکَائِلُ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد قَالَ خَلَفٌ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً لَمْ أَرْفَعِ الْقَلَمَ عَنْ کِتَابَةِ الْحُرُوفِ مَا أَعْيَانِي شَيْئٌ مَا أَعْيَانِي جِبْرَائِلُ وَمِيکَائِلُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3998
Narrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ related a tradition in which he mentioned the words "Jibril and Mikal" and he pronounced them "Jibra'ila wa Mika'ila. " Abu Dawud said: Khalaf said: I did not put the pen aside from writing letters (huruf) for forty years: nothing tired me (or made me incapable of writing), even Jibril and Mika'il did not tire me.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020