Hadith 23733

Chapter 73

باب 73

(73) باب بَدْءِ الْوَحْىِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم

(73) Chapter: The beginning of the revelation to the messenger of Allah (saws)
317
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ وَقَالَ " فَإِذَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ عَلَى عَرْشٍ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ " .

Yahya b Abi Kathir has reported this hadith with the same chain of transmitters and narrated:
And there he was sitting on the Throne between the heaven and the earth.

Reference: Sahih Muslim 161 e

In-book reference: Book 1, Hadith 317

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 1, Hadith 308