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The Prophet saw Gabriel with six hundred wings

bukhari:4856Abū al-Nuʿmān > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > al-Shaybānī > Zirr > ʿAbdullāh

Regarding the ayah, "And he was at a distance of two bow-lengths or nearer; then He revealed to His Servant what He revealed," he said: Ibn Masud narrated to us that he saw Jibril, who had six hundred wings.

البخاري:٤٨٥٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْبَانِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زِرًّا عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

﴿فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى * فَأَوْحَى إِلَى عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَى﴾، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّهُ رَأَى جِبْرِيلَ، لَهُ سِتُّمِائَةِ جَنَاحٍ.

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bukhari:4857Ṭalq b. Ghannām > Zāʾidah > al-Shaybānī > Saʾalt Zir

I asked Zirr about the Statement of Allah: 'And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer. So did Allah convey the Inspiration to His slave (Gabriel) and then he (Gabriel) conveyed that to Muhammad.' (53.10) He said, "Abdullah (bin Masʿud) informed us that Muhammad had seen Gabriel with six hundred wings."

البخاري:٤٨٥٧حَدَّثَنَا طَلْقُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ زِرًّا

عَنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى * فَأَوْحَى إِلَى عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَى} قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ رَأَى جِبْرِيلَ لَهُ سِتُّمِائَةِ جَنَاحٍ

Ibn Masud on Jibril’s six hundred wings

bukhari:3232Qutaybah > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī

I asked Zirr b. Hubaysh about the saying of Allah ﷻ: "Then he was at a distance of two bow-lengths or nearer, and He revealed to His servant what He revealed." He said: Ibn Masud narrated to us that he saw Jibril; he had six hundred wings.

البخاري:٣٢٣٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ زِرَّ بْنَ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: ﴿فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى * فَأَوْحَى إِلَى عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَى﴾، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّهُ رَأَى جِبْرِيلَ، لَهُ سِتُّمِائَةِ جَنَاحٍ.

The Prophet ﷺ saw Jibril with six hundred wings

muslim:174aAbū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > al-Shaybānī > Zirr b. Ḥubaysh > Ibn Masʿūd

I asked Zirr b. Hubaysh about the saying of Allah ﷻ, “And he was at a distance of two bow-lengths or nearer.” He said: Ibn Mas‘ud informed me that the Prophet ﷺ saw Jibril; he had six hundred wings.

مسلم:١٧٤aوَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْعَوَّامِ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْبَانِيُّ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ زِرَّ بْنَ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ { فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى} قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى جِبْرِيلَ، لَهُ سِتُّمِائَةِ جَنَاحٍ.

tirmidhi:3277Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > ʿAbbād b. al-ʿAwwām > al-Shaybānī > Saʾalt Zir b. Ḥubaysh

"I asked Zirr bin Hubaish about the saying of Allah the Might and Sublime: And was a distance of two bow lengths or less (53:9). So he said: 'Ibn Mas'ud informed me that the Prophet ﷺ saw Jibra'il, and he had six-hundred wings.'"

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ-Gharīb.

الترمذي:٣٢٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْبَانِيُّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ زِرَّ بْنَ حُبَيْشٍ

عَنْ قَوْلِهِ (فكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى ) فَقَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى جِبْرِيلَ وَلَهُ سِتُّمِائَةِ جَنَاحٍ

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