Sahih Muslim Book - 6, Hadith - 1859

وَحَدَّثَنِى حَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِىٍّ الْحُلْوَانِىُّ وَحَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ - وَتَقَارَبَا فِى اللَّفْظِ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِى حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْهَادِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ خَبَّابٍ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِىَّ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أُسَيْدَ بْنَ حُضَيْرٍ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ لَيْلَةً يَقْرَأُ فِى مِرْبَدِهِ إِذْ جَالَتْ فَرَسُهُ فَقَرَأَ ثُمَّ جَالَتْ أُخْرَى فَقَرَأَ ثُمَّ جَالَتْ أَيْضًا قَالَ أُسَيْدٌ فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ تَطَأَ يَحْيَى فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهَا فَإِذَا مِثْلُ الظُّلَّةِ فَوْقَ رَأْسِى فِيهَا أَمْثَالُ السُّرُجِ عَرَجَتْ فِى الْجَوِّ حَتَّى مَا أَرَاهَا - قَالَ - فَغَدَوْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا الْبَارِحَةَ مِنْ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ أَقْرَأُ فِى مِرْبَدِى إِذْ جَالَتْ فَرَسِى. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « اقْرَإِ ابْنَ حُضَيْرٍ ». قَالَ فَقَرَأْتُ ثُمَّ جَالَتْ أَيْضًا. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « اقْرَإِ ابْنَ حُضَيْرٍ ». قَالَ فَقَرَأْتُ ثُمَّ جَالَتْ أَيْضًا. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « اقْرَإِ ابْنَ حُضَيْرٍ ». قَالَ فَانْصَرَفْتُ. وَكَانَ يَحْيَى قَرِيبًا مِنْهَا خَشِيتُ أَنْ تَطَأَهُ فَرَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ الظُّلَّةِ فِيهَا أَمْثَالُ السُّرُجِ عَرَجَتْ فِى الْجَوِّ حَتَّى مَا أَرَاهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « تِلْكَ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ كَانَتْ تَسْتَمِعُ لَكَ وَلَوْ قَرَأْتَ لأَصْبَحَتْ يَرَاهَا النَّاسُ مَا تَسْتَتِرُ مِنْهُمْ ».

Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri narrated that while Usaid bin Hudair was reciting Qur'an one night in his Mirbad, his horse jumped. He recited, and it jumped again. He recited, and it jumped yet again. Usaid said: "I was afraid that it would trample Yahya, so I went to it, and there was a shadow above my head, with something like lamps in it. It rose up in the air until I could no longer see it. The next day I went to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, while I was reciting Qur'an in my Mirbad last night in the middle of the night, my horse jumped.' The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'Recite, son of Hudair."' He said: "I recited, and it jumped again. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: , Recite, son of Hudair."' He said: "I recited and it jumped again. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'Recite, son of Hudair."' He said: "Then I left. Yahya was near the horse and I was afraid that it would trample him. I saw something like a cloud, with something like lamps in it; it rose up in the air until I could no longer see it. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'That was the Angels who were listening to you. If you had carried on reciting, the people would have seen them in the morning, and they would not have concealed themselves from them."'