[Machine] We said to Abdullah, "Did anyone from among you accompany the Prophet ﷺ on the night of the jinn?" He said, "None of us accompanied him except me. We set out that night in search of a man who had been missing. We thought he might have been taken captive or killed, so we scattered in the valleys and the ravines to search for him. Then I met the Prophet ﷺ approaching me from the direction of Hira. I said, 'By my mother and father! We have been in search of a man who spent a night with some people.' He said, 'Indeed, he was called by the jinn, and I answered them by reciting the Quran to them.' He showed me their tracks and the traces of their fires."  

قُلْنَا لِعَبْدِ اللهِ هَلْ صَحِبَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ؟ قَالَ لَمْ يَصْحَبْهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَنَا بِتْنَا بِشَرِّ لَيْلَةٍ بَاتَ بِهَا قَوْمٌ إِنَّا افْتَقَدْنَاهُ فَقُلْنَا اسْتُطِيرَ أَوِ اغْتِيلَ فَتَفَرَّقْنَا فِي الشِّعَابِ وَالْأَوْدِيَةِ نَطْلُبُهُ فَلَقِيتُهُ مُقْبِلًا مِنْ نَحْوِ حِرَاءَ فَقُلْتُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي بِتْنَا بِشَرِّ لَيْلَةٍ بَاتَ بِهَا قَوْمٌ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهُ أَتَانِي دَاعِي الْجِنِّ فَأَجَبْتُهُمْ أُقْرِئُهُمُ الْقُرْآنَ» وَأَرَانِي آثَارَهَمْ وَآثَارَ نِيرَانِهِمْ  

The Prophet ﷺ set out with the intention of going to Suq ʿUkaz (market of ʿUkaz) along with some of his companions. At the same time, a barrier was put between the devils and the news of heaven. Fire commenced to be thrown at them. The Devils went to their people, who asked them, "What is wrong with you?" They said, "A barrier has been placed between us and the news of heaven. And fire has been thrown at us." They said, "The thing which has put a barrier between you and the news of heaven must be something which has happened recently. Go eastward and westward and see what has put a barrier between you and the news of heaven." Those who went towards Tuhama came across the Prophet at a place called Nakhla and it was on the way to Suq ʿUkaz and the Prophet ﷺ was offering the Fajr prayer with his companions. When they heard the Qur'an they listened to it and said, "By Allah, this is the thing which has put a barrier between us and the news of heaven." They went to their people and said, "O our people; verily we have heard a wonderful recital (Qur'an) which shows the true path; we believed in it and would not ascribe partners to our Lord." Allah revealed the following verses to his Prophet (Sura 'Jinn') (72): "Say: It has been revealed to me." And what was revealed to him was the conversation of the Jinns. (Using translation from Bukhārī 773)   

انْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي طَائِفَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ عَامِدِينَ إِلَى سُوقِ عُكَاظٍ وَقَدْ حِيلَ بَيْنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَبَيْنَ خَبَرِ السَّمَاءِ وَأُرْسِلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الشُّهُبُ فَرَجَعَتِ الشَّيَاطِينُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ فَقَالُوا حِيلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَأُرْسِلَتْ عَلَيْنَا الشُّهُبُ فَقَالَ مَا حَالَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ خَبَرِ السَّمَاءِ إِلَّا شَيْءٌ حَدَثَ فَاضْرِبُوا مَشَارِقَ الْأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبَهَا فَانْظُرُوا مَا هَذَا الَّذِي حَالَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ خَبَرِ السَّمَاءِ؟ فَانْطَلَقُوا يَضْرِبُونَ مَشَارِقَ الْأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبَهَا يَبْتَغُونَ مَا هَذَا الَّذِي حَالَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ خَبَرِ السَّمَاءِ فَانْصَرَفَ أُولَئِكَ النَّفَرِ الَّذِينَ تَوَجَّهُوا نَحْوَ تِهَامَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُو بِنَخْلَةَ عَامِدًا إِلَى سُوقِ عُكَاظٍ وَهُو يُصَلِّي بِأَصْحَابِهِ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا الْقُرْآنَ اسْتَمَعُوا لَهُ وَقَالُوا هَذَا وَاللهِ الَّذِي حَالَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ خَبَرِ السَّمَاءِ فَهُنَاكَ حِينَ رَجَعُوا إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ فَقَالُوا يَا قَوْمَنَا {إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا يَهْدِي إِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَآمَنَّا بِهِ وَلَنْ نُشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَا أَحَدًا} [الجن 2] فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ {قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ} [الجن 1] وَإِنَّمَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيْهِ قَوْلُ الْجِنِّ اللَّفْظُ لِعَمْرٍو  

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not recite to the jinn and did not see them.  

«مَا قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْجِنِّ وَلَا رَآهُمْ»  

“The jinns used to ascent through the heavens, trying to listen about the Revealation. So when they heard a statement, they would add nine to it. The statement that they heard would be true, while what they added was false. So it was with the advent of the Messenger of Allah that they were prevented from their places. So they mentioned that to Iblis – and the stars were not shot at them before that. So Iblis said to them: ‘This is naught but an event that has occurred in the earth.’ So he sent out his armies, and they found the Messenger of Allah standing in Salat between two mountains” – I think he said “in Makkah” – “So they (returned) to meet with him (Iblis), and informed him. He said: ‘This is the event that has happened on the earth.’” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3324)   

كَانَتِ الْجِنُّ تَصْعَدُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْوَحْيَ فَإِذَا سَمِعُوا الْكَلِمَةَ زَادُوا فِيهَا تِسْعًا فَأَمَّا الْكَلِمَةُ فَتَكُونُ حَقًّا وَأَمَّا مَا زَادُوا فَيَكُونُ بَاطِلًا فَلَمَّا بُعِثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُنِعُوا مَقَاعِدَهُمْ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِإِبْلِيسَ وَلَمْ تَكُنِ النُّجُومُ يُرْمَى بِهَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِبْلِيسُ مَا هَذَا إِلَّا لِأَمْرٍ حَدَثَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَبَعَثَ جُنُودَهُ فَوَجَدُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي فَأَتَوْهُ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ فَقَالَ هَذَا الْحَدَثُ الَّذِي حَدَثَ فِي الْأَرْضِ