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Sahih al-Bukhari 4954 (Book 65, Hadith 476) #4736
Revelation of Allah to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) receiving a revelation from Allah while walking and how it started coming frequently and regularly afterwards.

Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: While Allah's Messenger was talking about the period of pause in revelation. he said in his narration".Once while I was walking, all of a sudden I heard a voice from the sky. I looked up and saw to my surprise, the same Angel as had visited me in the cave of Hira'. He was sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I got afraid of him and came back home and said, Wrap me! Wrap me!" So they covered him and then Allah revealed: 'O you, wrapped up! Arise and warn and your Lord magnify, and your garments purify and dessert the idols'. (74:1-5) Abu Salama said, "(Rijz) are the idols which the people of the Pre-lslamic period used to worship". After this the revelation started coming frequently and regularly.
قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شِهَابٍ فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَهْوَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ فَتْرَةِ الْوَحْىِ قَالَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ ‏"‏ بَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَرَفَعْتُ بَصَرِي، فَإِذَا الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي جَاءَنِي بِحِرَاءٍ جَالِسٌ عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ فَفَرِقْتُ مِنْهُ فَرَجَعْتُ فَقُلْتُ زَمِّلُونِي زَمِّلُونِي ‏"‏‏.‏ فَدَثَّرُوهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ‏{‏يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ * قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ * وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ * وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ * وَالرِّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ‏}‏‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ وَهْىَ الأَوْثَانُ الَّتِي كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَعْبُدُونَ‏.‏ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَتَابَعَ الْوَحْىُ‏.‏

TOPICS
revelation  *  sky  *  angel  *  allah  *  muhammad  *  cave

QUICK LESSONS:
Be ready for divine revelations at any time or place ; keep yourself pure through your actions & clothing ; obey God's commands & warnings ; avoid idol worshiping etc..

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the time when the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was walking one day and he heard a voice from the sky. He looked up and saw an angel sitting on a chair between the sky and earth. He got scared so he went home and asked his people to wrap him up in cloths. After this, Allah revealed verses to him which were later written down in Quran as Surah Al-Muddaththir 74:1-5. These verses commanded him to arise, warn people of their wrongdoings, purify himself by wearing clean clothes, desert idols that were worshipped before Islam came into existence. After this revelation started coming frequently and regularly for Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). This hadith teaches us that we should always be ready for revelations from God at any time or place because we never know when it will come or what form it will take. It also teaches us that we should always be prepared for such revelations by keeping ourselves pure through our actions as well as our clothing so that we can receive these revelations with an open heart without any fear or hesitation.

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