The Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: "I said: O Messenger of Allah, O son of my uncle, can you tell me when the one (the angel) who comes to you comes to you?" the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Yes, O Khadijah." Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: One day, while I was with him (peace and blessings be upon him), Jibril (peace be upon him) came, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Khadijah, this companion of mine who comes to me has come." I said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): "Get up and sit on my right thigh," so he (peace and blessings be upon him) got up and sat on my right thigh. I asked: "Do you see him?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." Then I said: "Move over and sit on my left thigh," and he (peace and blessings be upon him) sat. I asked: "Do you see him?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." Then I said: "Then move over and sit in my lap," and he (peace and blessings be upon him) sat. She asked him (peace and blessings be upon him): "Do you see him?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Then I uncovered my head and took off my head-covering, and I asked him (peace and blessings be upon him): 'Do you still see him?' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'No.' So I said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): 'By Allah, this is surely a noble angel, and by Allah, this is no devil.'" Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I told this incident to Waraqah bin Nawfal bin Asad bin Abd al-Uzza bin Qusayy, just as Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), had told me, and Waraqah said: "O Khadijah, this account of yours is absolutely true."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Only Isma'il bin Abi Hakim narrated this hadith from Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him), and only al-Harith bin Muhammad al-Fihri from Isma'il, while Yahya bin Sulayman is alone in narrating it."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 6435
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده حسن
Hadith Takhrij«قال الهيثمي: إسناده حسن «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 8، ص 256»»