Sirat Ibn Hisham 264
The beginning of Gabriel's descent (peace be upon him)
[ ابْتِدَاءُ نُزُولِ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي وَهْبُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ، مَوْلَى آلِ الزُّبَيْرِ. قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لِعُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ اللَّيْثَيَّ: حَدِّثْنَا يَا عُبَيْدُ، كَيْفَ كَانَ بَدْءُ مَا اُبْتُدِئَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ النُّبُوَّةِ، حِينَ جَاءَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: عُبَيْدٌ - وَأَنَا حَاضِرٌ يُحَدِّثُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ وَمَنْ عِنْدَهُ مِنْ النَّاسِ -: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُجَاوِرُ فِي حِرَاءٍ مِنْ كُلِّ سَنَةٍ شَهْرًا، وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا تَحَنَّثَ بِهِ قُرَيْشٌ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ. وَالتَّحَنُّثُ التَّبَرُّزُ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ:: وَثَوْرٍ وَمَنْ أَرْسَى ثَبِيرًا مَكَانَهُ وَرَاقٍ لِيَرْقَى فِي حِرَاءٍ وَنَازِلِ
Translation
✧ [The beginning of Gabriel's ﷺ descent] Ibn Isḥāq said: Wahb b. Kaysān, the mawlā of the family of al-Zubayr, related to me. He said: I heard ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr saying to ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr b. Qatādah al-Laythī: Relate to us, O ʿUbayd, how was the beginning of what the Messenger of God ﷺ was initiated with of prophethood when Gabriel ﷺ came to him? He said: ʿUbayd said—while I was present, relating to ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr and those with him of the people—: The Messenger of God ﷺ used to make retreat in Ḥirāʾ for a month every year, and that was part of the taḥannuth that Quraysh practiced in the Jāhiliyyah. Al-taḥannuth is al-tabarruz (seclusion). Ibn Isḥāq said: Abū Ṭālib said: Wa-thawrin wa-man arsā thabīran makānahu Wa-rāqin li-yarqā fī Ḥirāʾin wa-nāzilī
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