Sahih Muslim Hadith 439 – The Meaning Of 4 (vv

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[439] 287 – (177) It was narrated that Masrüq said: "I was reclining at 'Aishah's and she said: '0 Abü 'Aishah, there are three things, whoever speaks of one of them has fabricated a great lie against Allah.' I said: 'What are they?' She said: 'Whoever claims that Muhammad () saw his Lord has fabricated a great lie against Allah." He said: "I was reclining, but I sat up and said: '0 Mother of the Believers, wait for me and do not rush me. Didn't Allah say: "And indeed he saw him in the clear horizon."11 and: "And indeed he saw him at a second descent."?[21 She said: 'I was the first one of this Ummah to ask the Messenger of Allah jW, about that, and he said: "That was only JibrIl – – I did not see him in his form which he was created in except on these two occasions. I saw him descending from heaven, the greatness of his form filling the space between heaven and earth." She said: 'Have you not heard the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime: "No vision can grasp Him, but He grasps all vision. He is Al-Lad (the Most At-TakwIr 81:23. An-Najm 53:13. Subtle and Courteous), Well- Acquainted with all things."?['] And have you not heard Allah's saying: "It is not given to any human being that Allah should speak to him unless (it be) by Revelation, or from behind a veil, or (that) He sends a Messenger to reveal what He wills by His Leave. Verily, He is Most High, Most Wise."? 21 She said: 'Whoever claims that the Messenger of Allah concealed anything of the Book of Allah has fabricated a great lie against Allah, for Allah says: 0 Messenger! Proclaim (the Message) which has been sent down to you from your Lord. And if you do not, then you have not conveyed His Message…." [3] And she said: 'And whoever claims to have been told what will happen tomorrow, he has fabricated a great lie against Allah, for Allah says: "Say: None in the heavens and the earth knows the Ghaib (unseen) except