It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) observed seclusion (i'tikaf) for a month, and it was the month of Ramadan. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out (of his place of seclusion) and heard a voice saying «As-salamu 'alayka» "Peace be upon you." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I thought it was a sudden appearance of the jinn." Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Rejoice, for peace is goodness and good." Then on another day he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) by the sun (on the horizon), with one of his wings in the east and one in the west, and (he said:) "I was awestruck by him." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) relates: He (peace and blessings be upon him) set off towards his family, and suddenly found Jibril (peace be upon him) between himself and the door. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He spoke with me until I became at ease with him. Then he made an appointment with me (to meet), so I came for his appointment, but Jibril (peace be upon him) was late in coming. Then, when he wanted to return, suddenly he and Mika'il (peace be upon him) were together. Jibril (peace be upon him) descended to the earth while Mika'il (peace be upon him) remained between the heaven and the earth." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then Jibril (peace be upon him) took hold of me, laid me down on the nape of my neck and split open my stomach. Then he took out of it whatever Allah willed, washed it in a golden basin and put it back in its place. Then he pressed me just as a vessel is turned upside down. Then he set a seal on my back, until I felt the touch of that seal. Then he said to me: 'Read in the name of your Lord,' though I had never read any book. So he seized me by the throat until I was on the verge of weeping. Then he recited from {Read in the name of your Lord who created} [Surah al-Alaq: 1] up to the words of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, {what he did not know} [Surah al-Alaq: 5]." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "After that I did not forget anything." At this Mika'il (peace be upon him) said: "By the Lord of the Ka'bah, his Ummah will follow him." (He said:) "Until I came home, and every stone and tree I passed said: «As-salamu 'alayka ya Rasul Allah» 'Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah,' until I reached Khadijah, and she too said: «As-salamu 'alayka ya Rasul Allah» 'Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah.'"
Al-Harith, in his narration through Yazid bin Babanus, related from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had vowed to observe seclusion for a month together with Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), and it was the month of Ramadan. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out one night and heard a voice saying «As-salamu 'alayka» "Peace be upon you." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I thought it was a sudden stirring of the jinn, so I came back quickly until I reached Khadijah. She covered me with a cloth and asked: 'O son of Abdullah, what has happened to you?'" Then the narrator mentioned the whole hadith in the same way, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Until we reached the first five verses of the surah, and after that I did not forget anything. Then (the angel) weighed me against one man and I outweighed him; then against another, and again I outweighed him, until I was weighed against a hundred men (and still my side was heavier). Then Mika'il (peace be upon him) called out from above: 'By the Lord of the Ka'bah, his Ummah will follow him.'"
Hadith Referenceالمطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب السيرة والمغازي / 4222
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث المطالب العالیہ محققاً تنسیق د. سعد بن ناصر بن عبد العزيز الشَّثري- مکتبہ شاملہ :الحديث بهذا الإِسناد ضعيف » «أخرجه صحيح البخاري برقم: 3، وأخرجه صحيح مسلم برقم: 160، وأخرجه صحيح ابن حبان برقم: 33، وأخرجه المستدرك للحاكم برقم: 2891، وأخرجه جامع الترمذي برقم: 3632، وأخرجه السنن الكبرى للبيهقي برقم: 13463، وأخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 25841، وأخرجه مسند الطيالسي برقم: 1570، وأخرجه مسند البزار برقم: 140 / 116، وأخرجه المطالب العالية لابن حجر برقم: 4221 / 2، وأخرجه مصنف عبد الرزاق برقم: 9719»