حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ ذَرٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِجِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام أَلَا تَزُورُنَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا تَزُورُنَا فَنَزَلَتْ وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلَّا بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَمَا خَلْفَنَا إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2078
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said to Jibreel (AS): "What kept you from visiting us more than you visited us? Then the verse "And we (angels) descend not except by the Command of your Lord(0 Muhammad (PBUH)).To Him belongs what is before us and what is behind us, " [Maryam 19:64] was revealed.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020