Hadith 4738

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي سُرَيْجٍ الرَّازِيُّ ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ابْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، قَالُوا : أخبرنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، أنبأنا الْأَعْمَشُ ، عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِذَا تَكَلَّمَ اللَّهُ بِالْوَحْيِ ، سَمِعَ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ لِلسَّمَاءِ صَلْصَلَةً ، كَجَرِّ السِّلْسِلَةِ عَلَى الصَّفَا ، فَيُصْعَقُونَ ، فَلَا يَزَالُونَ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُمْ جِبْرِيلُ ، حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَهُمْ جِبْرِيلُ فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ ، قَالَ : فَيَقُولُونَ : يَا جِبْرِيلُ ، مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكَ ؟ فَيَقُولُ : الْحَقَّ ، فَيَقُولُونَ : الْحَقَّ ، الْحَقَّ " .
Abdullah (bin Masud) reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying ; when Allah, the exalted, speaks to send revelation the inhabitant of the heaven hear the clinging of a bell from the other heaven like pulling a chain on the mountain of al-safa, and then swoon. They continue to remain in this recover and say ; what did your lord say, Gabriel? He would say ; Truth, so they would say ; Truth, truth.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب السنة / 4738
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: صحيح, أخرجه ابن خزيمة في التوحيد (283، نسخة أخريٰ 209 وسنده صحيح موقوفًا) وللحديث شواھد عند البخاري (7481)
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Revelation is the speech of Allah, and in the speech of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, there is also a sound which Jibril Amin (alayhis salam) and other angels hear.
The claim of many people that the speech of Allah is devoid of sound is not correct, whereas speech is only heard through sound.
As He said: "So when he came to it, he was called from the right side of the valley in the blessed spot, from the tree: O Musa! Indeed, I am Allah, the Lord of all the worlds."
And We called out to him: "O Ibrahim!" And this voice of Allah was, and is, without likeness or comparison.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4738