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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  


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bukhari:3232Qutaybah > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Isḥāq al-Shaybānī > Saʾalt Zir b. Ḥubaysh

I asked Zir bin Hubaish regarding the Statement of Allah: "And was at a distance Of but two bowlengths Or (even) nearer; So did (Allah) convey The Inspiration to His slave (Gabriel) and then he (Gabriel) Conveyed (that to Muhammad). (53.9-10) On that, Zir said, "Ibn Masʿud informed us that the Prophet ﷺ had seen Gabriel having 600 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  

bukhari:4856Abū al-Nuʿmān > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > al-Shaybānī > Zir

Regarding the Verses: '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...' (53.9-10) Ibn Masʿud narrated to us that the Prophet ﷺ had seen Gabriel with 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  

muslim:174aAbū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > ʿAbbād / Ibn al-ʿAwwām > al-Shaybānī > Saʾalt Zir b. Ḥubaysh

I asked Zirr b. Hubaish about the words of Allah (the Mighty and Great):" So he was (at a distance) of two bows or nearer" (al-Qur'an, Iiii 8). He said: Ibn Mas'ud informed me that, verily, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw Gabriel and 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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