English
Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding: “Then he approached and descended, and was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer” (Al-Najm: 8-9), “The heart did not lie about what it saw” (Al-Najm: 11), and “He certainly saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord” (Al-Najm: 18): “All of them refer to seeing Jibril 1 with six hundred wings.” [Agreed Upon] In a narration by At-Tirmidhi, he said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw Jibril in a robe of silk filling the space between heaven and earth.” In a narration by At-Tirmidhi and Bukhari, he said: “He saw a green silk filling the horizon of the sky.”
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- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 4856 (unverified) 94% confidence
- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 174a (unverified) 94% confidence
- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 4857 (unverified) 88% confidence · Validation similarity: 0.582
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “All of them refer to seeing Jibril.” Meaning all the pronouns refer to Jibril. This interpretation aligns with Aisha’s understanding of the verses, as previously noted. Some scholars said that Ibn Mas’ud was the most knowledgeable of the Companions after the four Caliphs. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 1
(۱) قوله: قال فيها كلها رأى جبريل : يعني الضمائر كلها راجعة إلى جبريل. وهذا التأويل مطابق وموافق لما فهمت عائشة عليهما من الآيات كما سبق التنبيه عليه، وقد قال بعض علمائنا إن ابن مسعود الله أعلم الصحابة بعد الخلفاء الأربعة. كذا في «المرقاة».