The Rewards of the Quran: How is Revelation Sent Down?

Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Shaybān > Yaḥyá > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah And Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ stayed for ten years in Mecca with the Qur'an being revealed to him and he stayed in Medina for ten years.'

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ يَحْيَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «لَبِثَ بِمَكَّةَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ يُنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ وَبِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرًا»

Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Saʿīd al-Maqburī from his father > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Every Prophet was given miracles because of which people believed, but what I have been given, is Divine Inspiration which Allah has revealed to me. So I hope that my followers will outnumber the followers of the other Prophets on the Day of Resurrection."

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ إِلَّا قَدْ أُعْطِيَ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ مَا مِثْلَهُ آمَنَ عَلَيْهِ الْبَشَرُ وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُ وَحْيًا أَوْحَاهُ اللهُ إِلَيَّ فَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ تَابِعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

Hannād b. al-Sarī > ʿUbaydah > Mūsá b. Abū ʿĀʾishah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

The translation of the passage into English is: "Whenever the revelation would descend upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he would be treated for its intensity."

أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيُّ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ يُعَالِجُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شِدَّةً»

Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Sufyān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"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.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سَأَلَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ يَأْتِيكَ الْوَحْيُ؟ قَالَ «فِي مِثْلِ صَلْصَلَةِ الْجَرَسِ فَيُفْصَمُ عَنِّي وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ عَنْهُ وَهُو أَشَدُّهُ عَلَيَّ وَأَحْيَانًا يَأْتِينِي فِي مِثْلِ صُورَةِ الْفَتَى فَيَنْبِذُهُ إِلَيَّ»

ʿAmr b. Yazīd > Sayf b. ʿUbaydullāh > Sarrār > Saʿīd > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Ḥiṭṭān b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

Take from me. Verily Allah has ordained a way for them (the women who commit fornication),: (When) a married man (commits adultery) with a married woman, and an unmarried male with an unmarried woman, then in case of married (persons) there is (a punishment) of one hundred lashes and then stoning (to death). And in case of unmarried persons, (the punishment) is one hundred lashes and exile for one year.

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَيْفُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَرَّارٌ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ حِطَّانِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ

كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ كُرِبَ لِذَلِكَ وَتَرَبَّدَ لَهُ وَجْهُهُ فَأُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمًا فَلَقِيَ ذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ قَالَ «خُذُوا عَنِّي قَدْ جُعِلَ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلًا الثَّيِّبُ بِالثَّيِّبِ وَالْبِكْرُ بِالْبِكْرِ الثَّيِّبُ جَلْدُ مِائَةٍ ثُمَّ رَجْمٌ بِالْحِجَارَةِ وَالْبِكْرُ جَلْدُ مِائَةٍ ثُمَّ نَفْيُ سَنَةٍ»

Nūḥ b. Ḥabīb > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAṭāʾ > Ṣafwān b. Yaʿlá b. Umayyah from his father

"I wished that I could see the Messenger of Allah when Revelation was coming down to him. While we were in Al-Jirranah and the Prophet was in a tent, Revelation was coming down to him and 'Umar gestured to me to come. So I put my head into the tent. A man had come to him who had entered Ihram wearing a said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what do you say concerning a man who entered Ihram wearing a Jubbah?'Then (because of this question) the Revelation came. The Prophet started to breath deeply, and when it was over he said: 'Where is the man who asked me just now?' The man was brought to him, and he saidA: 'As for the Jubbah, take it off, and as for the perfume, wash it off, then enter Ihram.'''(Sahih) Chatper 30. The Prohibiton Of Wearing A Shirt In Ihram

أَخْبَرَنَا نُوحُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَعْلَى بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

لَيْتَنِي أَرَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُو يُنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي قُبَّةٍ فَأَتَاهُ الْوَحْيُ أَشَارَ إِلَيَّ عُمَرُ أَنْ تَعَالَ فَأَدْخَلْتُ رَأْسِي الْقُبَّةَ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ قَدْ أَحْرَمَ فِي جُبَّةٍ بِعُمْرَةٍ مُتَضَمِّخٌ بِطِيبٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولِ اللهِ «مَا تَقُولُ فِي رَجُلٍ أَحْرَمَ فِي جُبَّةٍ؟ إِذْ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَغِطُّ لِذَلِكَ فَسُرِّيَ عَنْهُ» فَقَالَ «أَيْنَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي سَأَلَنِي آنِفًا؟ فَأُتِيَ بِالرَّجُلِ» فَقَالَ «أَمَّا الْجُبَّةُ فَاخْلَعْهَا وَأَمَّا الطِّيبُ فَاغْسِلْهُ»

ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Sufyān > ʿAmr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ṣafwān b. Yaʿlá from his father

"I wish I could see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when the revelation is sent down to him. When we were in Ji'ranah, a man came to him with torn and dirty clothes. He said, 'I have come for 'Umrah, but I don't know how to perform it.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him, 'How do you perform Hajj?' The man replied, 'Revelation was sent down to me, so I performed it wearing a garment.' 'Umar then called me and uncovered the garment for me, and I saw the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reddened.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي أَرَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا كُنَّا بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ وَعَلَيْهِ مُقَطَّعَاتٌ مُتَضَمِّخٌ بِخَلُوقٍ» فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَهْلَلْتُ بِالْعُمْرَةِ وَعَلَيَّ هَذَا فَكَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ فِي حَجِّكَ» قَالَ وَأُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ فَسُجِّيَ بِثَوْبٍ فَدَعَانِي عُمَرُ فَكَشَفَ لِي عَنِ الثَّوْبِ فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَغِطُّ مُحْمَرًّا وَجْهُهُ