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tabarani:758Abū Zayd Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Yazīd al-Ḥawṭī > Abū al-Mughīrah > ʿUfayr b. Maʿdān > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ used to say, "Gabriel ﷺ would come to me in the form of Dahyat al-Kalbi (a handsome white man)." Anas said, "Dahyah was a beautiful white man."  

الطبراني:٧٥٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زَيْدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْحَوْطِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ ثنا عُفَيْرُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ «يَأْتِينِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَى صُورَةِ دِحْيَةَ الْكَلْبِيِّ» قَالَ أَنَسٌ «وَكَانَ دِحْيَةُ رَجُلًا جَمِيلًا أَبْيَضَ»