Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked Gabriel, "Why don't you visit us more often than you do?" Then the following Holy Verse was revealed (in this respect):-- "And we (angels) descend not but by the order of your Lord. To Him belong what is before us and what is behind us, and what is between those two and your Lord was never forgetful." (19:64)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ ذَرٍّ، ح قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ ذَرٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِجِبْرِيلَ
أَلاَ تَزُورُنَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا تَزُورُنَا
قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ {وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلاَّ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَمَا خَلْفَنَا} الآيَةَ.
Isnad
8 transmitters- 1al-Fadl bin Dakayn, Abu Na'eemal-Kufa · d. 212 AH or 219 AH
- 2'Umar bin Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-HamdaniHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 153 AH
- 3Yahya bin Ja'far bin A'yn al-Baykandid. 243 AH
- 4Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
- 5'Umar bin Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-HamdaniHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 153 AH
- 6Dhar bin 'Abdullah al-Marhabial-Kufa, al-Ray · d. before 100 AH
- 7Sa'id bin Jubayral-Kufa · d. 95 AH
- 8ibn AbbasMakkah/Medina · d. 68 AH/687 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 59, Hadith 29
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Vol. 4, Book 54, Hadith 441 (deprecated numbering scheme)