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Sahih Muslim, 176 b
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It is narrated on the authority of Ibn Abbas that the words:

" The heart belied not what he saw" (al-Qur'an, Iiii. 11) and" Certainly he saw Him in another descent" (al-Qur'an, Iiii. 13) imply that he saw him twice with his heart.

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَأَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ جَمِيعًا عَنْ وَكِيعٍ، - قَالَ الأَشَجُّ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، - حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ أَبِي جَهْمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ ‏{‏ مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى‏}‏ ‏{‏ وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَى‏}‏ قَالَ رَآهُ بِفُؤَادِهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ‏.‏

Isnad

8 transmitters
  1. 1Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
  2. 2'Abdullah bin Sa'id al-Ashajal-Kufa · d. 257 AH
  3. 3Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
  4. 4'Abdullah bin Sa'id al-Ashajal-Kufa · d. 257 AH
  5. 5Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
  6. 6Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
  7. 7Abu al-Aliyya al-Bara', Ziyad bin Ferozal-Basra · d. 90 AH
  8. 8ibn AbbasMakkah/Medina · d. 68 AH/687 CE
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 1, Hadith 342
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 1, Hadith 335 (deprecated numbering scheme)