Shahih Muslim - 231

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu ath-Thahir Ahmad bin Amru bin Abdullah bin Amru bin Sarh] telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Ibnu Wahb] dia berkata, telah mengabarkan kepadaku [Yunus] dari [Ibnu Syihab] dia berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Urwah bin az-Zubair] bahwa [Aisyah] isteri Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, telah mengabarkan kepadanya bahwa, dia berkata, "Wahyu Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam yang pertama kali terjadi adalah dalam bentuk mimpi yang benar dalam tidur beliau. Tidaklah beliau mendapati mimpi tersebut melainkan sebagaimana munculnya keheningan fajar subuh, kemudian beliau suka menyepi sendiri. Beliau biasanya menyepi di gua Hira'. Di sana beliau menghabiskan beberapa malam untuk beribadah kepada Allah sebelum kembali ke rumah. Untuk tujuan tersebut, beliau membawa sedikit perbekalan. (Setelah beberapa hari berada di sana) beliau pulang kepada Khadijah, mengambil perbekalan untuk beberapa malam. Keadaan ini terus berlarut, sehingga beliau dibawakan wahyu ketika beliau berada di gua Hira'. Wahyu tersebut disampaikan oleh Malaikat Jibril dengan berkata, 'Bacalah wahai Muhammad! ' Beliau bersabda: "Aku tidak pandai membaca." Rasulullah bersabda: "Lalu malaikat memegang dan memelukku erat-erat, ketika aku merasakan kepayahan ia pun melepasku. Kemudian dia berkata, 'Bacalah wahai Muhammad! ' Beliau bersabda: 'Aku lalu menjawab, 'Aku tidak bisa membaca'. Beliau melanjutkan: 'Jibril kemudian memegang dan memelukku erat-erat lagi, hingga ketika aku merasakan kepayahan ia pun melepasnya kembali. Kemudian ia berkata, 'Bacalah wahai Muhammad! ' Beliau bersabda: "Aku lalu menjawab: 'Aku tidak pandai membaca.' Beliau melanjutkan: 'Jibril kembali memegang dan memelukku erat-erat, sehingga ketika aku merasakan kepayahan, ia pun melepaskanku. Kemudian dia membaca firman Allah: '(Bacalah wahai Muhammad dengan nama Rabbmu yang menciptakan sekalian makhluk. Dia menciptakan manusia dari segumpal darah, bacalah, dan Rabbmu Yang Maha Pemurah yang mengajar manusia melalui pena. Dia mengajar manusia sesuatu yang tidak diketahui) ' (Qs. Al 'Alaq: 1-5). Setelah kejadian itu beliau pulang dalam keadaan ketakutan hingga menemui Khadijah, seraya beliau berkata: 'Selimutilah aku! Selimutilah aku.' Lalu Khadijah memberi beliau selimut hingga hilang rasa gementar dari diri beliau. Beliau kemudian bersabda kepada Khadijah: 'Wahai Khadijah! Apakah yang telah terjadi kepadaku? ' Beliau pun menceritakan seluruh peristiwa yang telah terjadi. Beliau bersabda lagi: 'Aku benar-benar khawatir pada diriku.' Khadijah terus menghibur beliau dengan berkata, 'Janganlah begitu, bergembiralah! Demi Allah, Allah tidak akan menghinakanmu, selama-lamanya. Demi Allah! Sesungguhnya, kamu telah menyambung tali persaudaraan, berbicara jujur, memikul beban orang lain, suka mengusahakan sesuatu yang tidak ada, menjamu tamu dan sentiasa membela faktor-faktor kebenaran.' Khadijah beranjak seketika menemui Waraqah bin Naufal bin Asad bin Abdul Uzza, sepupu Khadijah. Dia pernah menjadi Nashrani pada zaman Jahiliyah. Dia suka menulis dengan tulisan Arab dan cukup banyak menulis kitab Injil dalam tulisan Arab. Ketika itu dia telah tua dan buta. Khadijah berkata kepadanya, 'Paman! (Paman adalah panggilan yang biasa digunakan oleh bangsa Arab bagi sepupu dan sebagainya karena menghormati mereka atas dasar lebih tua) Dengarlah cerita anak saudaramu ini.' Waraqah bin Naufal berkata, 'Wahai anak saudaraku! Apakah yang telah terjadi? ' maka Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam menceritakan semua peristiwa yang beliau telah alami. Mendengar peristiwa itu, Waraqah berkata, 'Ini adalah undang-undang yang dahulu pernah diturunkan kepada Nabi Musa. Alangkah baik seandainya aku masih muda di saat-saat kamu dibangkitkan menjadi Nabi. Juga alangkah baik kiranya aku masih hidup di saat-saat kamu diusir oleh kaummu.' Lalu Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam menegaskan: 'Apakah mereka akan mengusirku? ' Waraqah menjawab, "Ya, tidaklah setiap Nabi yang bangkit membawa tugas sepertimu, melainkan pasti akan dimusuhi. Seandainya aku masih hidup di zamanmu, niscaya aku akan tetap menolong dan membelamu'." Dan telah menceritakan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Rafi'] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdurrazzaq] telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Ma'mar] dia berkata, [az-Zuhri] berkata, Dan telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Urwah] dari [Aisyah] bahwa dia berkata, "Wahyu Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam yang pertama kali terjadi adalah…lalu dia melansirkan hadits seperti hadits Yunus, hanya saja dia berkata, "Demi Allah, Allah tidak akan membuatmu sedih selamanya." Dan dia berkata, "Khadijah berjakah, 'Wahai pamanku, dengarkan dari anak saudaramu ini'." Dan telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdul Malik bin Syu'aib bin al-Laits] dia berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [bapakku] dari [kakekku] dia berkata, telah menceritakan kepada kami [Uqail bin Khalid] berkata [Ibnu Syihab] saya mendengar [Urwah bin az-Zubair] berkata, [Aisyah] isteri Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam berkata, "Lalu beliau kembali pada Khadijah dalam keadaan hatinya ketakutan, " lalu menceritakan hadits seperti hadits Yunus dan Ma'mar. Hanya saja dia tidak menyebutkan awal dari hadits keduanya, "Wahyu Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam yang pertama kali terjadi adalah mimpi yang benar." Dan dia mengikuti perkataan Yunus, "Demi Allah, Allah tidak akan menghinakanmu selamanya." Lalu dia menyebutkan perkataan Khadijah, "Wahai pamanku, dengarkan dari anak saudaramu." (HR. Muslim: 231)

A'isha, the wife of the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him), reported: The first (form) with which was started the revelation to the Messenger of Allah was the true vision in sleep. And he did not see any vision but it came like the bright gleam of dawn. Thenceforth solitude became dear to him and he used to seclude himself in the cave of Hira', where he would engage in tahannuth (and that is a worship for a number of nights) before returning to his family and getting provisions again for this purpose. He would then return to Khadija and take provisions for a like period, till Truth came upon him while he was in the cave of Hira'. There came to him the angel and said: Recite, to which he replied: I am not lettered. He took hold of me [the Apostle said] and pressed me, till I was hard pressed; thereafter he let me off and said: Recite. I said: I am not lettered. He then again took hold of me and pressed me for the second time till I was hard pressed and then let me off and said: Recite, to which I replied: I am not lettered. He took hold of me and pressed me for the third time, till I was hard pressed and then let me go and said: Recite in the name of your Lord Who created, created man from a clot of blood. Recite. And your most bountiful Lord is He Who taught the use of pen, taught man what he knew not (al-Qur'an, Al-Alaq: 1-4). Then the Prophet returned therewith, his heart was trembling, and he went to Khadija and said: Wrap me up, wrap me up! So they wrapped him till the fear had left him. He then said to Khadija: O Khadija! what has happened to me? and he informed her of the happening, saying: I fear for myself. She replied: It can't be. Be happy. I swear by Allah that He shall never humiliate you. By Allah, you join ties of relationship, you speak the truth, you bear people's burden, you help the destitute, you entertain guests, and you help against the vicissitudes which affect people. Khadija then took him to Waraqa b. Naufal b. Asad b. 'Abd al-'Uzza, and he was the son of Khadija's uncle, i. e., the brother of her father. And he was the man who had embraced Christianity in the Days of Ignorance (i. e. before Islam) and he used to write books in Arabic and, therefore, wrote Injil in Arabic as God willed that he should write. He was very old and had become blind Khadija said to him: O uncle! listen to the son of your brother. Waraqa b. Naufal said: O my nephew! what did you see? The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), then, informed him what he had seen, and Waraqa said to him: It is namus that God sent down to Musa. Would that I were then (during your prophetic career) a young man. Would that I might be alive when your people would expel you! The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Will they drive me out? Waraqa said: Yes. Never came a man with a like of what you have brought but met hostilities. If I see your day I shall help you wholeheartedly. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'A'isha with another chain of narrators like one transmitted by Yunus, i. e. the first thing with which the revelation was initiated with the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) except the words: By Allah, Allah would never humiliate you, and Khadija said: O son of my uncle! Listen to the son of your brother. This hadith has been reported from 'A'isha by another chain of transmitters and the words are: He (the Holy Prophet) came to Khadija an his heart was trembling. The rest of the hadith has been narrated like one transmitted by Yunus and Ma'mar, but the first part is not mentioned, i. e. the first thing with which was started the revelation to the Holy Prophet was the true vision. And these words like those transmitted by Yunus are mentioned thus: By Allah, Allah would never humiliate you. And there is also a mention of the words of Khadija: O son of my uncle! Listen to the son of your brother. (Muslim: 231)