[Machine] I was with my father in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ and there was a man speaking privately with him. A’ffan said while distancing himself from Abbas, "Excuse me" [and left]. We left from there and [the Prophet] said to me, "Did you not see your cousin distancing himself from me?" I replied, "He was in the company of a man who was speaking privately with him." A'ffan said, "Did he have anyone with him?" I said, "Yes." He [the Prophet] said, "Then he returned to him and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, was there someone with you?' Abdullah informed me that you were interacting with a man in private." The Prophet asked, "Have you seen him, O Abdullah?" Abdullah replied, "Yes." The Prophet said, "That was Gabriel, and he is the one who diverted my attention from you." A'ffan narrated [this incident] to us, that there was a man with you, having a private conversation with you.
كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ يُنَاجِيهِ قَالَ عَفَّانُ وَهُوَ كَالْمُعْرِضِ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ فَخَرَجْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَقَالَ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ابْنِ عَمِّكَ كَالْمُعْرِضِ عَنِّي؟ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ يُنَاجِيهِ قَالَ عَفَّانُ فَقَالَ أَوَ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ أَحَدٌ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ أَحَدٌ؟ فَإِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّعِنْدَكَ رَجُلًا تُنَاجِيهِ قَالَ هَلْ رَأَيْتَهُ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ ذَاكَ جِبْرِيلُ وَهُوَ الَّذِي شَغَلَنِي عَنْكَ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ رَجُلٌ يُنَاجِيكَ