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Sahih Muslim, 2333 b
sahih

'A'isha reported that Harith b. Hisham asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ):

How does the the wahi (inspiration) come to you? He said: At times it comes to me like the ringing of a bell and that is most severe for me and when it is over I retain that (what I had received in the form of wahi), and at times an Angel in the form of a human being comes to me (and speaks) and I retain whatever he speaks.

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، وَابْنُ، بِشْرٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ هِشَامٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ هِشَامٍ، سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَيْفَ يَأْتِيكَ الْوَحْىُ فَقَالَ ‏

‏ أَحْيَانًا يَأْتِينِي فِي مِثْلِ صَلْصَلَةِ الْجَرَسِ وَهُوَ أَشَدُّهُ عَلَىَّ ثُمَّ يَفْصِمُ عَنِّي وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُهُ وَأَحْيَانًا مَلَكٌ فِي مِثْلِ صُورَةِ الرَّجُلِ فَأَعِي مَا يَقُولُ ‏

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Isnad

9 transmitters
  1. 1Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
  2. 2Sufyan bin 'UyaynahKufa/Makkah · d. 196 AH
  3. 3Abu Karayb, Muhammad bin al-'Ala'Hamadan,al-Kufa · d. 247 AH
  4. 4Hammad bin Usamahal-Kufa · d. 201 AH
  5. 5Hisham bin 'UrwaMedina · d. 146 AH
  6. 6Muhammad bin Bashr bin al-Farafsaal-Kufa · d. 203 AH
  7. 7Hisham bin 'UrwaMedina · d. 146 AH
  8. 8'Urwa ibn al-ZubayrMedina · d. 93 AH/713 CE
  9. 9'Aisha bint Abi BakrMakkah/Medina · d. 57 AH/678 CE (17 Ramadan)
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 43, Hadith 117
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 30, Hadith 5765 (deprecated numbering scheme)
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