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Sahih al-Bukhari 3235صحيح البخاري 3235

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ الأَشْوَعِ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ فَأَيْنَ قَوْلُهُ {ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّى * فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى} قَالَتْ ذَاكَ جِبْرِيلُ كَانَ يَأْتِيهِ فِي صُورَةِ الرَّجُلِ، وَإِنَّهُ أَتَاهُ هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ فِي صُورَتِهِ الَّتِي هِيَ صُورَتُهُ، فَسَدَّ الأُفُقَ.

Narrated Masruq: I asked Aisha "What about His Statement:-- "Then he (Gabriel) approached And came closer, And was at a distance Of but two bow-lengths Or (even) nearer?" (53.8-9) She replied, "It was Gabriel who used to come to the Prophet (ﷺ) in the figure of a man, but on that occasion, he came in his actual and real figure and (he was so huge) that he covered the whole horizon."

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Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)

Chain of narrators

محمد بن يوسف ← حماد بن أسامة بن زيد ← زكريا بن أبي زائدة ← سعيد بن عمرو بن أشوع ← عامر بن شراحيل ← مسروق بن الأجدع بن مالك

Muhammad ibn Yusuf → Hammad ibn Usama ibn Zayd → Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'ida → Sa'id ibn Amr ibn Ashwa' → Amir ibn Sharahil → Masruq ibn al-Ajda' ibn Malik

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