Musnad Ahmad 25865

Translation

✧ Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, said that he returned to Khadijah trembling in fear. He entered and exclaimed, "Wrap me up, wrap me up!" So she wrapped him in a blanket. When his agitation subsided, he said, "O Khadijah, I fear for myself. I fear a calamity upon me." Khadijah reassured him, saying, "Take heart! By Allah, He will never disgrace you. Indeed, you maintain family ties, assist the poor and needy, bear the burden of others, and help in the face of truth. Let us go to Waraqah bin Nawfal bin Asad, a man who became blind and embraced Christianity in old age. He reads the Gospel in Arabic." So Khadijah took me to Waraqah and said to him, "O my cousin, listen to what your nephew has to say." Waraqah then said to him, "O nephew, what have you seen?" The Prophet ﷺ informed him of what he had seen and heard. Waraqah replied, "This is the same angel, who was sent to Moses. I wish I were young and able when your people banish you." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Will they really banish me?" Waraqah answered, "Indeed, no one has ever come with something like what you have brought without facing hostility. If I live to see that day, I will support you wholeheartedly."

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Sahih al-Bukhari 3392

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿĀʾishah bt. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
   عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
   سمعت
2. 2
   ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), well-known (mashhūr)d. 91 AH, or 92, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 99 AH, or 100 AH, or 101 AH
   عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِثقة فقيه مشهور
   سمعت
3. 3
   al-Zuhrī

   The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
   قال
4. 4
   ʿUqayl

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 141 AH, or: 142 AH, or: 144 AH
   عُقَيْلُ بْنُ خَالِدٍثقة ثبت
   حدثني
5. 5
   al-Layth b. Saʿd

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh), a well-known imamd. 175 AH, or 176 AH, or 177 AH
   لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍثقة ثبت ، فقيه إمام مشهور
   أخبرنا
6. 6
   Ḥajjāj

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), but his memory became confused (ikhtalaṭa) at the end of his life, when he came to Baghdad before his death.d. 205 AH, or 206 AH
   حَجَّاجٌثقة ثبت لكنه اختلط في آخر عمره لما قدم بغداد قبل موته
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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