English translation
[1859] 242 - (796) Abû Sa'eed Al-Khudrî narrated that while Usaid bin Ḥudair was reciting Qur'ān one night in his Mirbad,[1] 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 Yaḥyâ, 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 Allāh ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, while I was reciting Qur'ān in my Mirbad last night in the middle of the night, my horse jumped.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Recite, son of Ḥudair.'" He said: "I recited, and it jumped again. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Recite, son of Ḥudair.'" He said: "I recited and it jumped again. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Recite, son of Ḥudair.'" He said: "Then I left. Yaḥyâ 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 Allâh ﷺ 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.'"