Allah, the Exalted, invested His Prophet ﷺwith exclusive qualities and privileges, like selecting him to receive His revelation and entrusting him to be His Messenger who conveyed all that which he received from revelation. In this hadeeth,‘Aaishah (may Allah be pleased with her), the Mother of the Believers, reports that the Prophet ﷺ said to her that Gabriel sends his greeting to her using the greeting of Islam (i.e. Assalam ‘Alaykom). She replied to his greeting with the perfect greeting of Islam, saying, “Wa ‘Alaykom Assalam wa rahmatu Allahi wa Barakaatuh,” and then remarked, “You see what I do not see,” i.e. O Messenger of Allah! You can see Gabriel, but I cannot see him; thus, rejoice in the blessings of revelation and prophethood and the ability to see the noble, righteous angels. The hadeeth clearly highlights the virtue of ‘Aaishah (may Allah be pleased with her). It shows one of the incidents where the Prophet ﷺ was the only one able to see the angel, Gabriel, although the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) saw him in another incident in the form of Dahiyyah al-Kalbyy (may Allah be pleased with him). This hadeeth proves the existence of angels, including the archangel Gabriel – Allah’s trusted messenger to His Prophets and Messengers. .