حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ لَقِيَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ کَعْبًا بِعَرَفَةَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ شَيْئٍ فَکَبَّرَ حَتَّی جَاوَبَتْهُ الْجِبَالُ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّا بَنُو هَاشِمٍ فَقَالَ کَعْبٌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَسَمَ رُؤْيَتَهُ وَکَلَامَهُ بَيْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمُوسَی فَکَلَّمَ مُوسَی مَرَّتَيْنِ وَرَآهُ مُحَمَّدٌ مَرَّتَيْنِ قَالَ مَسْرُوقٌ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَی عَائِشَةَ فَقُلْتُ هَلْ رَأَی مُحَمَّدٌ رَبَّهُ فَقَالَتْ لَقَدْ تَکَلَّمْتَ بِشَيْئٍ قَفَّ لَهُ شَعْرِي قُلْتُ رُوَيْدًا ثُمَّ قَرَأْتُ لَقَدْ رَأَی مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْکُبْرَی فَقَالَتْ أَيْنَ يُذْهَبُ بِکَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ جِبْرِيلُ مَنْ أَخْبَرَکَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَأَی رَبَّهُ أَوْ کَتَمَ شَيْئًا مِمَّا أُمِرَ بِهِ أَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْخَمْسَ الَّتِي قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی إِنَّ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ فَقَدْ أَعْظَمَ الْفِرْيَةَ وَلَکِنَّهُ رَأَی جِبْرِيلَ لَمْ يَرَهُ فِي صُورَتِهِ إِلَّا مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّةً عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَی وَمَرَّةً فِي جِيَادٍ لَهُ سِتُّ مِائَةِ جَنَاحٍ قَدْ سَدَّ الْأُفُقَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی وَقَدْ رَوَی دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَحَدِيثُ دَاوُدَ أَقْصَرُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مُجَالِدٍ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3278
Narrated Ash-Sha'bi: Ibn 'Abbas met Ka'b at Arafat, so he asked him about something and he kept on saying the Takbir until it reverberated off of the mountains. So Ibn 'Abbas (finally) said: 'We are Banu Hashim.' So Ka'b said: 'Indeed Allah divided His being seen and His speaking between Muhammad and Musa. He spoke to Musa two times, and Muhammad saw Him two times.' Masruq said: 'I entered upon 'Aishah and asked her if Muhammad saw his Lord.' She said: 'You have said something that makes my hair stand on end.' I said: 'Take it easy.' Then I recited: Indeed he saw of the great signs of his Lord (53:18). So she said: 'What do you mean by that? That is only Jibra'il. Whoever informed you that Muhammad saw his Lord, or that (ﷺ) concealed something he was ordered with, or he knew of the five things about which Allah, [Most High] said: Verily Allah, with Him is the knowledge of the Hour, He sends down the rain (31:34) - then he has fabricated the worst lie. Rather he (ﷺ) saw Jibra'il, but he did not see him in his (real) image except two times. One time at Sidrat Al-Muntaha and one time in Jiyad, he had six-hundred wings which filled the horizon.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020