Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

ack to him (Iblees), and informed him. He said: ‘This is the event that has occurred on
earth.’” 148
Also from Ibn `Abbaas رضي ُ هللا ُ عنهما : “[The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ had neither recited
the Qur’aan to the Jinn nor had he seen them.] The Prophet ﷺ set out with the
intention of going to Sooq `Ukaaẓh (market of `Ukaaẓh, a valley near al-Ṭaa’if) along
with some of his companions. At the same time, a barrier was put between the devils
and the news of heaven. Fire commenced to be thrown at them. The devils went to
their people, who asked them: ‘What is wrong with you?’ They said: ‘A barrier has been
placed between us and the news of heaven. And fire has been thrown at us.’ They (the
people) said: ‘The thing which has put a barrier between you and the news of heaven
must be something which has happened recently. Go eastward and westward and see
what has put a barrier between you and the news of heaven.’ Those who went towards
Tuhaamah came across the Prophet ﷺ at a place called Nakhlah and it was on the
way to Sooq `Ukaaẓh and the Prophet ﷺ was offering the Fajr prayer with his
companions. When they heard the Qur’aan they listened to it and said: ‘By Allaah, this
is the thing which has put a barrier between us and the news of heaven.’ They went to
their people and said: ‘O our people: {Verily we have heard a wonderful recital
(Qur’aan) which shows the true path; we believed in it and would not ascribe
partners to our Lord.}’ Allaah revealed the following Aayaat to his Prophet (Surah al-
Jinn): {Say: It has been revealed to me.} And what was revealed to him was the
conversation of the Jinn.”
This was reported in the Ṣaḥeeḥain. 149
Ibn Abee Shaibaah reported also from Ibn `Abbaas ‏:رضيُاهللُعنهما “There was not a tribe of
Jinn except that it had a station where they would sit to steal a hearing. When the
Revelation would descend, the Angels would hear a sound like that of iron (chains)
being dragged on a rock. When the Angels heard this, they would fall down in
prostration and not raise their head till the Revelation had descended. Then when it
had descended, they would ask each other: ‘What has your Lord ordered?’ If it is
something which would happen in the heavens, they would say: ‘{He has said that
148 (Shaikh al-Albaanee said): I did not find it being reported in “al-Dalaa’il” of Abu Nu`aim. It was reported by al-
Ṭabaraanee in al-Kabeer (12431), and its narrators are reliable, from the narrators of “al-Ṣaḥeeḥ” except for his
(al-Ṭabaraanee’s) teacher, `Abdullaah Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Sa`eed Ibn Abee Maryam. But this narration has a
follow-up. It was reported by Aḥmad in his Musnad (2482, 2977).
[TN: This was also reported by al-Tirmidhee in his Sunan (3324), and graded as “Ṣaḥeeḥ” by Shaikh al-Albaanee.]
149 Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (773, 4921) and Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (449-149)
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