al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 12061
Ibn Masud ᴿᴬ
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ
بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يُنَاجِيهِ إِذِ انْشَقَّ أُفُقُ السَّمَاءِ فَأَخَذَ جِبْرِيلُ يَدْنُو مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَيَتَمَايَلُ فَإِذَا مَلَكٌ قَدْ مَثُلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تَخْتَارَ بَيْنَ نَبِيٍّ عَبْدٍ وَمَلِكٍ نَبِيٍّ قَالَ فَأَشَارَ جِبْرِيلُ إِلَيَّ بِيَدِهِ أَنْ تَوَاضَعَ فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ لِي نَاصِحٌ فَقُلْتُ عَبْدٌ نَبِيٌّ فَعَرَجَ ذَلِكَ الْمَلَكُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ قَدْ كُنْتُ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ هَذَا فَرَأَيْتُ مِنْ حَالِكَ مَا شَغَلَنِي عَنِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ فَمَنْ هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ؟ قَالَ هَذَا إِسْرَافِيلُ خَلَقَهُ اللهُ يَوْمَ خَلَقَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ صافًّا قَدَمَيْهِ لَا يَرْفَعُ طَرْفَهُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الرَّبِّ سَبْعُونَ نُورًا مَا مِنْهَا مِنْ نُورٍ يَكَادُ يَدْنُو مِنْهُ إِلَّا احْتَرَقَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ لَوْحٌ فَإِذَا أَذِنَ اللهُ ﷻ فِي شَيْءٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَوْ فِي الْأَرْضِ ارْتَفَعَ ذَلِكَ الْوَحْيُ فَضَرَبَ جَبْهَتَهُ فَيَنْظُرُ فَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ عَمَلِي أَمَرَنِي بِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ عَمِلِ مِيكَائِيلَ أَمَرَهُ بِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ عَمِلِ مَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ أَمَرَهُ بِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ وَعَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ عَلَى الرِّيحِ وَالْجُنُودِ قُلْتُ عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ مِيكَائِيلُ؟ قَالَ عَلَى النَّبَاتِ وَالْقَطْرِ قُلْتُ عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْءٍ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ؟ قَالَ عَلَى قَبْضِ الْأَنْفُسِ وَمَا ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ نَزَلَ إِلَّا لَقِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ وَمَا الَّذِي رَأَيْتَ مِنِّي إِلَّا خَوْفًا مِنْ قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ
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Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī
- Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Abū Laylá from my father
- Ibn Abū Laylá
- al-Ḥakam
- Miqsam
- Ibn ʿAbbās
✧ While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was with Jibril ﷺ conversing privately with him, the horizon of the sky split open. Jibril began to draw near to the earth and sway. Suddenly an angel appeared before the Prophet ﷺ and said: "O Muhammad, Allah commands you to choose between being a prophet-servant and a king-prophet." The narrator said: Jibril motioned to me with his hand to be humble, and I knew that he was a sincere adviser to me, so I said: "A servant-prophet." That angel then ascended to the sky. I said: "O Jibril, I had wanted to ask you about this, but I saw in your state something that distracted me from asking. Who is this, O Jibril?" He said: "This is Israfil. Allah created him, on the day He created him, standing before Him with his feet together, not raising his gaze. Between him and the Lord are seventy veils of light, any of which, if he drew near to it, would burn him. Before him is a tablet. When Allah, may He be exalted, decrees something in the heaven or in the earth, that revelation ascends and strikes his forehead. He looks: if it pertains to my duty, He commands me with it; if it pertains to Mikhaʾil's duty, He commands him with it; and if it pertains to the Angel of Death's duty, He commands him with it." I said: "O Jibril, what are you in charge of?" He said: "The wind and the hosts." I said: "What is Mikhaʾil in charge of?" He said: "Vegetation and rain." I said: "What is the Angel of Death in charge of?" He said: "Taking souls. I did not think he had descended except for the coming of the Hour. What you saw from me was only out of fear of the Hour's coming."
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Same hadith, other wordings
- Misykatul Mashabih 5731وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ إِسْرَافِيلَ مُنْذُ يَوْمَ خَلْقَهُ صَافًّا قَدَمَيْهِ لَا يَرْفَعُ بَصَرَهُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الرَّبِّ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى سَبْعُو