Sahih Muslim Hadith 1859 – The Descent Of

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[1859] 242 – (796) Abü Sa'eed A]-Khudrl narrated that while Usaid bin Huçlair was reciting Qur'ân one night in his Mirbad)'1 his horse jumped. He recited, and it jumped again. He recited, and it jumped yet again. Usaid said: "I was afraid that it would trample Yayâ, so I went to it, and there was a shadow above my head, with something like lamps in it. It rose up in the air until I could no longer see it. The next day I went to the Messenger of Allah and said: '0 Messenger of Allah, while I was reciting Qur'ân in my Mirbad last night in the middle of the night, my horse jumped.' The Messenger of Allah iij said: 'Recite, son of Hudair." He said: "I recited, and it jumped again. The Messenger of Allah jt said:, Recite, son of Hudair." He said: "I recited and it jumped again. The Messenger of Allah said: 'Recite, son of I3udair." He said: "Then I left. Yabyâ was near the horse and I was afraid that it would trample him. I saw something like a cloud, with something like lamps in it; it rose A place a for drying dates. up in the air until I could no longer see it. The Messenger of AJJâh t said: 'That was the Angels who were listening to you. If you had carried on reciting, the people would have seen them in the morning, and they would not have concealed themselves from them.'" L Chapter 37. The Virtue Of The it,- zl..ai Lit) – (rv One Who Memorizes The Qur'ân