Hadith 315

Sahih Muslim

Book 1: The Book of Faith

Chapter 73

The beginning of the revelation to the messenger of Allah (saws)

باب بَدْءِ الْوَحْىِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏‏

Sahih Muslim 161e
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ وَقَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ فَإِذَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عَلَى عَرْشٍ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ ‏"
Yahya b Abi Kathir has reported this hadith with the same chain of transmitters and narrated:

And there he was sitting on the Throne between the heaven and the earth.