حَدَّثَنَا الْأَنْصَارِيُّ إِسْحَقُ بْنُ مُوسَی حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُکَيْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَقَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ أَوَّلُ مَا ابْتُدِيَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ النُّبُوَّةِ حِينَ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ کَرَامَتَهُ وَرَحْمَةَ الْعِبَادِ بِهِ أَنْ لَا يَرَی شَيْئًا إِلَّا جَائَتْ مِثْلَ فَلَقِ الصُّبْحِ فَمَکَثَ عَلَی ذَلِکَ مَا شَائَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَمْکُثَ وَحُبِّبَ إِلَيْهِ الْخَلْوَةُ فَلَمْ يَکُنْ شَيْئٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَخْلُوَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3632
Narrated 'Aishah: The first of what the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) initiated with of Prophethood, when Allah wanted to honor him and grant His mercy upon His creatures, was that he would not see anything (in a dream) except that it would occur like the break of dawn. So he continued upon that for as long as Allah willed for him to continue, and seclusion was made beloved to him, such that there was not anything more beloved to him than being alone.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020