صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الإيمان
The Book of Faith
باب بَدْءِ الْوَحْيِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
Chapter: The beginning of the revelation to the messenger of Allah (saws)
Hadith 161
This hadith is listed as number 407 in Maktaba Shamila
وحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ اللَّيْثِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ جَدِّي ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، يَقُولُ : أَخْبَرَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : ثُمَّ فَتَرَ الْوَحْيُ عَنِّي فَتْرَةً ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ يُونُسَ ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : فَجُثِثْتُ مِنْهُ فَرَقًا حَتَّى هَوَيْتُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ ، قَالَ : وقَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ : وَالرُّجْزُ الأَوْثَانُ ، قَالَ : ثُمَّ حَمِيَ الْوَحْيُ بَعْدُ وَتَتَابَعَ .
It is narrated on the authority of Jabir bin 'Abdullah (RA) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) says: The wahi was intermitted for me for a small span of time and while I was walking, and then the hadith like the one narrated by Yunus was transmitted but with the exception of these words: I was terror-stricken till I fell on the ground. Abu Salama said: Defilement means idols. After this the revelation was speeded up and followed rapidly.
