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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند جابر
Musnad of Jabir
مُسْنَدُ جَابِرٍ
Musnad of Jabir
Musnad Abi Ya'la 1949 — he asked Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on)
حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ : أَيُّ الْقُرْآنِ أُنْزِلَ أَوَّلُ ؟ قَالَ : يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ ، قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : إِنِّي أُنْبِئْتُ أَنَّ أَوَّلَ سُورَةٍ نَزَلَتْ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ : اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ ، قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ : سَأَلْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ : أَيُّ الْقُرْآنِ أُنْزِلَ أَوَّلُ ؟ قَالَ : يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : إِنِّي أُنْبِئْتُ أَنَّ أَوَّلَ سُورَةٍ نَزَلَتْ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ : اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ . قَالَ جَابِرٌ : لَا أُحَدِّثُكَ إِلَّا مَا حَدَّثَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَالَ : جَاوَرْتُ فِي حِرَاءٍ ، فَلَمَّا قَضَيْتُ جِوَارِي فَاسْتَبْطَنْتُ الْوَادِيَ ، فَنُودِيتُ ، فَنَظَرْتُ أَمَامِي وَخَلْفِي ، وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي ، فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئًا ، فَنُودِيتُ فَنَظَرْتُ فَوْقِي ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِهِ قَاعِدٌ عَلَى عَرْشٍ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ ، قَالَ : فَجُثِثْتُ مِنْهُ ، فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى خَدِيجَةَ فَقُلْتُ : دَثِّرُونِي فَدَثَّرُونِي ، وَصُبُّوا عَلَيَّ مَاءً بَارِدًا ، فَأُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيَّ : يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ .
Yahya bin Abi Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that he asked Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) which surah of the Noble Qur'an was revealed first. He replied: "O you wrapped in garments." I said: "I have been told that the first surah to be revealed was 'Read in the name of your Lord who created.'" At this Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I too asked Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) which part of the Qur'an was revealed first, and he too gave the same answer: "O you wrapped in garments." I said to him: "I have been informed that 'Read in the name of your Lord who created' was revealed first." So Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I will tell you only what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) narrated to us. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I stayed in seclusion (i'tikaf) in the cave of Hira. When I had completed my period of seclusion and reached the middle of the valley, I was called. I looked in front of me, behind me, to my right and to my left, but I saw no one. Then I was called again, and I raised my gaze upwards, and suddenly I saw that he (the angel) was sitting on a throne between the sky and the earth.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Awe of him came over me and I trembled. Then I came to Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: Wrap me in a cloth, wrap me in a cloth, and pour cold water over me. Then Allah Almighty revealed these verses: O you wrapped in garments, arise and warn, and magnify your Lord.'"
