Muwatta 542

A report that Malik transmits from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father from Aisha: al-Harith ibn Hisham (may God be pleased with him) asked the Prophet ﷺ how revelation comes to him. He told him that it sometimes comes like the ringing of a bell, which is the hardest on him, and it departs from him after he has grasped what was said. And sometimes the angel appears to him as a man and speaks to him, and he grasps what he says. Aisha adds that she saw revelation come to him on a very cold day and it departed from him while his forehead was pouring sweat. The editor notes that Abu Mus'ab transmitted it, and from him Ibn Hibban and al-Baghawi, al-Tinisi in al-Bukhari (2), and Ma'n in al-Tirmidhi (3634). One copy says "like the ringing of a bell". ¹

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Prayer. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Muhammad, Aisha bint Abi Bakr, al-Harith ibn Hisham al-Makhzumi, Urwa ibn al-Zubayr, Hisham ibn Urwa, Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari and the beginning of revelation in the cave of Hira'.