Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

high mountains and every time he went up the top of a mountain in order to throw
himself down, Jibreel would appear before him and say: “O Muḥammad! You are
indeed Allaah’s Messenger ﷺ in truth”, whereupon his heart would become quiet
and he would calm down and would return home. And whenever there was a long gap
between the periods of the coming of the inspiration, he would do as before, but when
he used to reach the top of a mountain, Jibreel would appear before him and say to
him what he had said before. 126
This is how al-Bukhaaree reported the long Ḥadeeth under the Chapter: “Interpretation
of dreams” in his “Ṣaḥeeḥ”.
Jaabir Ibn `Abdullaah Al-Ansari رضي ُ اهلل ‏ُعنهما narrated while talking about the period of
pause in Revelation reporting the speech of the Prophet ‏:ﷺ ❝While I was walking,
all of a sudden I heard a voice from the sky. I looked up and saw the same angel who
had visited me at the cave of Ḥiraa’ sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I
got afraid of him and came back home and said: ‘Wrap me (in blankets).’ And then
Allaah revealed the following Aayaat (of Qur’aan):
‏﴿يَاُأَيُّهَاُال م دَّثِّر ‏ُُ*ُق م ‏ُُفَأَنذِر ‏ُ﴾ُإىلُ﴿وَالرُّج زَُُفَاه ج ‏ُر ُ﴾
{O you (i.e. Muḥammad)! Wrapped up in garments! Arise and warn (the people
against Allaah’s Punishment)...} up to {and desert the idols.} [Surah al-Muddaththir
(74):1-5] After this the Revelation started coming strongly, frequently and regularly.
❞ 127
Imaam al-Bukhaaree رمحهُاهلل reported (the Ḥadeeth of `Aaishah) in a few different places
in his book and we (Ibn Katheer) have spoken about it in detail in (our book) “Sharh al-
The statements of al-Zuhree and others are not accepted (on their own) as they are “Maqtoo`” (disconnected,
stopping till the Taabi`ee). These are like the “Mu`allaqaat” of al-Bukhaaree (narrations which Imaam al-
Bukhaaree reported in his Ṣaḥeeḥ without a chain (Isnaad)). Just because such narrations/statements are found in
“Ṣaḥeeḥ” of Imaam al-Bukhaaree does not qualify them to be “Ṣaḥeeḥ”, nor is it correct to say: “reported by al-
Bukhaaree”, because this is only said to the narrations which he reported with connected chain.
This narration has other chains as well, but which are either Weak or outright Fabricated.
See al-Ḍha`eefah (1052 & 4858) of Shaikh al-Albaanee for more discussion on this]
126 Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (3, 4953, 6982) and the wording is his; and Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (160-252)
127 Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (4, 3238, 4922, 4924, 4925, 4926, 4954, 6214) and Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (161-255, 256, 257)
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