Shahih Bukhari - 4572

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Yahya bin Bukair] Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Al Laits] dari [Uqail] dari [Ibnu Syihab] -dalam riwayat lain- Dan Telah menceritakan kepadaku [Sa'id bin Marwan] Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Abdul Aziz bin Abu Rizmah] Telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Abu Shalih Salmawaih] ia berkata; Telah menceritakan kepadaku [Abdullah] dari [Yunus bin Yazid] ia berkata, Telah mengabarkan kepadaku [Ibnu Syihab] bahwa [Urwah bin Zubair] Telah mengabarkan kepadanya, bahwa [Aisyah] radliallahu 'anha isteri Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam berkata; Peristiwa awal turunnya wahyu kepada Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam adalah diawali dengan Ar Ru`yah Ash Shadiqah (mimpi yang benar) di dalam tidur. Tidaklah beliau bermimpi, kecuali yang beliau lihat adalah sesuatu yang menyerupai belahan cahaya subuh. Dan di dalam dirinya dimasukkan perasaan untuk selalu ingin menyendiri. Maka beliau pun memutuskan untuk berdiam diri di dalam gua Hira`, beribadah di dalamnya pada malam hari selama beberapa hari dan untuk itu, beliau membawa bekal. Setelah perbekalannya habis, maka beliau kembali dan mengambil bekal. Begitulah seterusnya sehingga kebenaran pun datang pada beliau, yakni saat beliau berada di dalam gua Hira`. Malaikat mendatanginya seraya berkata, "Bacalah." Maka Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam menjawab, "Aku tidak bisa membaca." Beliau menjelaskan: "Lalu Malaikat itu pun menarik dan menutupiku, hingga aku pun merasa kesusahan. Kemudian Malaikat itu kembali lagi padaku dan berkata, 'Bacalah.' Aku menjawab, 'Aku tidak bisa membaca.' Malaikat itu menarikku kembali dan mendekapku hingga aku merasa kesulitan, lalu memerintahkan kepadaku untuk kedua kalinya seraya berkata, 'Bacalah.' Aku menjawab, 'Aku tidak bisa membaca.' Ia menarik lagi dan mendekapku ketiga kalinya hingga aku merasa kesusahan. Kemudian Malaikat itu menyuruhku kembali seraya membaca, 'IQRA` BISMIKAL LADZII KHALAQ, KHALAQAL INSAANA MIN 'ALAQ IQRA` WA RABBUKAL AKRAM ALLADZII 'ALLAMAL BIL QALAM.. -hingga- 'ALLAMAL INSAANA MAA LAM YA'LAM.'" Maka dengan badan yang menggigil, akhirnya Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam kembali kepada Khadijah seraya berkata, "Selimutilah aku..selimutilah aku." Hingga perasaan takut beliau pun hilang. Setelah itu, beliau berkata kepada Khadijah, "Wahai Khadijah, apa yang terjadi denganku, sungguh aku merasa khawatir atas diriku sendiri." Akhirnya, beliau pun menuturkan kejadian yang beliau alami. Khadijah berkata, "Tidak. Bergembiralah engkau. Demi Allah, Allah tidak akan mencelakakanmu demi selama-lamanya. Sesungguhnya engkau benar-benar seorang yang senantiasa menyambung silaturahmi, seorang yang jujur kata-katanya, menolong yang lemah, memberi kepada orang yang tak punya, engkau juga memuliakan tamu dan membela kebenaran." Akhirnya Khadijah pergi dengan membawa beliau hingga bertemu dengan Waraqah bin Naufal, ia adalah anak pamannya Khadijah, yakni saudara bapaknya. An Naufal adalah seorang penganut agama Nashrani pada masa Jahiliyah. Ia seorang yang menulis kitab Arab. Ia menulis dari kitab Injil dengan bahasa Arab. Saat itu, ia telah menjadi syeikh yang tua renta lagi buta. Khadijah berkata padanya, "Wahai anak pamanku. Dengarkanlah tuturan dari anak saudaramu." Waraqah berkata, "Wahai anak pamanku apa yang telah kamu lihat?" Maka Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam pun mengabarkan padanya tentang kejadian yang telah beliau alami. Kemudian Waraqah pun berkata, "Ini adalah Namus yang pernah diturunkan kepada Musa. Sekiranya aku masih muda, dan sekiranya aku masih hidup..." ia mengatakan beberapa kalimat. Kemudian Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bertanya: "Apakah mereka akan mengusirku?" Waraqah menjawab, "Ya, tidak ada seorang pun yang datang dengan membawa seperti apa yang kamu bawa, kecuali ia akan disakiti. Dan sekiranya aku masih mendapati hari itu, niscaya aku akan menolongmu dengan pertolongan yang hebat." Tidak lama kemudian, Waraqah pun meninggal, sementara wahyu terputus hingga membuat Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam sedih. [Muhammad bin Syihab] berkata; Telah mengabarkan kepadaku [Abu Salamah bin Abdurrahman] bahwa [Jabir bin Abdullah Al Anshari] radliallahu 'anhuma berkata; Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam menceritakan kejadian pertamakali turunnya wahyu, beliau bersabda: "Ketika aku tengah berjalan, tiba-tiba aku mendengar suara yang berasal dari langit, maka aku pun mengangkat pandanganku ke arah langit, ternyata di atas terdapat Malaikat yang sebelumnya mendatangiku di gua Hira` tengah duduk di atas kursi antara langit dan bumi. Aku pun lari darinya dan segera pulang menemui keluargaku seraya berkata, 'Selimutilah aku, selimutilah aku.'" Maka keluarga beliau pun segera menyelimutinya. Kemudian Allah menurunkan firman-Nya: 'YAA AYYUHAL MUDDATSTSIR QUM FA`ANDZIR WA RABBAKA FAKABBIR WA TSIYAABAKA FATHAHHIR WAR RUJZA FAHJUR (Wahai orang yang berselimut, bangkitlah, dan berilah peringatan. Dan Tuhan-mu agungkanlah. Dan pakaianmu sucikanlah, Dan tinggalkanlah sesembahan berhala).'" Abu Salamah berkata; Ar Rijza adalah berhala-berhala yang disembah oleh kaum Jahiliyah. Setelah itu, maka turunlah wahyu dengan beruntun. (HR. Bukhari: 4572)

Narrated ʿAisha: (the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ)) The commencement (of the Divine Inspiration) to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in the form of true dreams in his sleep, for he never had a dream but it turned out to be true and clear as the bright daylight. Then he began to like seclusions, so he used to go in seclusion in the cave of Hira where he used to worship Allah continuously for many nights before going back to his family to take the necessary provision (of food) for the stay. He come back to (his wife) Khadija again to take his provision (of food) likewise, till one day he received the Guidance while he was in the cave of Hira. An Angel came to him and asked him to read. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, "I do not know how to read." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "Then the Angel held me (forcibly) and pressed me so hard that I felt distressed. Then he released me and again asked me to read, and I replied, 'I do not know how to read.' Thereupon he held me again and pressed me for the second time till I felt distressed. He then released me and asked me to read, but again I replied. 'I do not know how to read.' Thereupon he held me for the third time and pressed me till I got distressed, and then he released me and said, 'Read, in the Name of your Lord Who has created (all that exists), has created man out of a clot, Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous. Who has taught (the writing) by the pen, has taught man that which he knew not." (96.1-5). Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) returned with that experience; and the muscles between his neck and shoulders were trembling till he came upon Khadija (his wife) and said, "Cover me!" They covered him, and when the state of fear was over, he said to Khadija, "O Khadija! What is wrong with me? I was afraid that something bad might happen to me." Then he told her the story. Khadija said, "Nay! But receive the good tidings! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you, for by Allah, you keep good relations with your Kith and kin, speak the truth, help the poor and the destitute, entertain your guests generously and assist those who are stricken with calamities." Khadija then took him to Waraqa bin Naufil, the son of Khadija's paternal uncle. Waraqa had been converted to Christianity in the Pre-lslamic Period and used to write Arabic and write of the Gospel in Arabic as much as Allah wished him to write. He was an old man and had lost his eyesight. Khadija said (to Waraqa), "O my cousin! Listen to what your nephew is going to say." Waraqa said, "O my nephew! What have you seen?" The Prophet (ﷺ) then described whatever he had seen. Waraqa said, "This is the same Angel (Gabriel) who was sent to Moses. I wish I were young." He added some other statement. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked, "Will these people drive me out?" Waraqa said, "Yes, for nobody brought the like of what you have brought, but was treated with hostility. If I were to remain alive till your day (when you start preaching). then I would support you strongly." But a short while later Waraqa died and the Divine Inspiration was paused (stopped) for a while so that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was very much grieved. Narrated Jabir bin ʿAbdullah: While Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was talking about the period of pause in revelation. he said in his narration. "Once while I was walking, all of a sudden I heard a voice from the sky. I looked up and saw to my surprise, the same Angel as had visited me in the cave of Hira.' He was sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I got afraid of him and came back home and said, Wrap me! Wrap me!" So they covered him and then Allah revealed: 'O you, wrapped up! Arise and warn and your Lord magnify, and your garments purify and dessert the idols.' (74.1-5) Abu Salama said, "(Rijz) are the idols which the people of the Pre-lslamic period used to worship." After this the revelation started coming frequently and regularly. (Bukhari: 4572)