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Sahih Muslim 174b

Chapter: About (The Lote-Tree of the Utmost Boundary)

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 174b

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ، عَنْ زِرٍّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ ‏‏{‏ مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى‏}‏ قَالَ

رَأَى جِبْرِيلَ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ - لَهُ سِتُّمِائَةِ جَنَاحٍ ‏.‏

Al-Shaibani narrated on the authority of Zirr who narrated it on this authority of Abdullah that the (words of Allah):

" The heart belied not what he saw" (al Qur'an, Iiii. 11) imply that he saw Gabriel (peace be upon him) and he had six hundred wings.

Reported by Muslim (No. 174b).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْل مُسْلِم - رَحِمَهُ اللَّه - : ( حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْر بْن أَبِي شَيْبَة حَدَّثَنَا حَفْص بْن غِيَاث عَنْ الشَّيْبَانِيّ عَنْ زِرّ عَنْ عَبْد اللَّه ) هَذَا الْإِسْنَاد كُلّه كُوفِيُّونَ. وَ ( غِيَاث ) بَالِغِينَ الْمُعْجَمَة. وَ ( الشَّيْبَانِيّ ) هُوَ أَبُو إِسْحَاق وَاسْمه سُلَيْمَان بْن فَيْرُوز , وَقِيلَ : اِبْن خَاقَان , وَقِيلَ : اِبْن عَمْرو وَهُوَ تَابِعِيّ. وَأَمَّا ( زِرّ ) فَبِكَسْرِ الزَّاي , وَحُبَيْش بِضَمِّ الْحَاء وَفَتْح الْمُوَحَّدَة وَآخِره الشِّين الْمُعْجَمَة وَهُوَ مِنْ الْمُعَمِّرِينَ زَادَ عَلَى مِائَة وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَة وَهُوَ مِنْ كِبَار التَّابِعِينَ. قَوْله : ( عَنْ عَبْد اللَّه بْن مَسْعُود رَضِيَ اللَّه عَنْهُ فِي قَوْله تَعَالَى : { مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَاد م…

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