Narrated Aisha:
Al Harith bin Hisham asked the Prophet, "How does the divine inspiration come to you?" He replied, "In all these ways: The Angel sometimes comes to me with a voice which resembles the sound of a ringing bell, and when this state abandons me, I remember what the Angel has said, and this type of Divine Inspiration is the hardest on me; and sometimes the Angel comes to me in the shape of a man and talks to me, and I understand and remember what he says."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3215 |
In-book reference | : Book 59, Hadith 26 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 54, Hadith 438 |
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