Hadith 58

Sunan an-Nasa'i

Book 11: The Book of the Commencement of the Prayer Sahih

Chapter 37

Collection of what was narrated concerning the Quran

باب جَامِعِ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ

Sahih
Sunan an-Nasa'i 933
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ سَأَلَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَيْفَ يَأْتِيكَ الْوَحْىُ قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ فِي مِثْلِ صَلْصَلَةِ الْجَرَسِ فَيَفْصِمُ عَنِّي وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ وَهُوَ أَشَدُّهُ عَلَىَّ وَأَحْيَانًا يَأْتِينِي فِي مِثْلِ صُورَةِ الْفَتَى فَيَنْبِذُهُ إِلَىَّ ‏"
It was narrated that Aishah said:

"Al-Harith bin Hisham asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): 'How does the Revelation come to you?' He said: 'Like the ringing of a bell, and when it departs I remember what he (the Angel) said, and this is the hardest on me. And sometimes he (the Angel) comes to me in the form of a man and gives it to me.'"

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

'Aisha bint Abi Bakr

أمّ المؤمنين عائشة بنت أبي بكر الصديق

2,580 narrations

follower
2

'Urwa ibn al-Zubayr

عروة بن الزبير

1,628 narrations

follower
3

Hisham bin 'Urwa

هشام بن عروة

952 narrations

successor
4

Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri

سفيان الثوري

1,585 narrations

3rd Generation
5

Ishaq bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad

إسحاق بن إبراهيم بن محمد

836 narrations