Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39301 — What the Prophet (peace and blessings)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that there was no tribe of the jinn without seats of its own for listening (to heavenly matters). He said: When revelation came down, the angels would hear a sound like the sound of iron that you throw onto a smooth rock. He said: When the angels heard this sound, they fell down in prostration, and they did not raise their heads until the revelation had come down. Once the revelation had come down, some of the angels would say to others: "What has your Lord said?" If the revelation concerned a heavenly matter, the angels would say: "He has spoken the truth, and He is the Most High, the Most Great." And if the revelation concerned an earthly matter, whether a matter of the unseen or a death or any other earthly matter, the angels would discuss it among themselves and say: "Such and such will happen." The devils would overhear these things and would then come and tell them to their allies (friends). When Allah Almighty sent Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), the devils were driven away with the stars. The first to come to know of this (the falling of the stars) was (the tribe of) Thaqif. So the owner of goats among them would go to his goats and slaughter one goat every day, and the owner of camels would slaughter one camel every day. The people began to rush through their wealth. Then some of them said to others: "Do not (do this). If these are the stars of guidance (then so be it); otherwise this is because of some new event." The people looked, and the stars of guidance were just as they had been; none of them had been cast down. So the people stopped. Allah Almighty turned the jinn (toward it), and they heard the Qur'an. When the jinn came to (the recitation of) the Qur'an, they said: "Be silent." Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The devils went to Iblis and informed him, and he said: "It is this event that has occurred on the earth. So bring me soil from every land." When the devils brought Iblis the soil of Tihamah, he said: "Here is where this new event has occurred."