(23) باب عَرَقِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الْبَرْدِ وَحِينَ يَأْتِيهِ الْوَحْىُ .
'A'isha reported that Harith b. Hisham asked Allah's Apostle (ﷺ):
How does the the wahi (inspiration) come to you? He said: At times it comes to me like the ringing of a bell and that is most severe for me and when it is over I retain that (what I had received in the form of wahi), and at times an Angel in the form of a human being comes to me (and speaks) and I retain whatever he speaks. (ID)
Reference (ID): Sahih Muslim 2333 b (ID)
In-book reference (ID): Book 43, Hadith 117 (ID)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 30, Hadith 5765 (ID)