DarussalamṢaḥīḥAl-Albani(قول ابن عباس: ما قرأ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على الجن ... إلى قوله: وإنما أوحى إليه قول الجن) صحيح، (وقول ابن عباس: قول الجن لقومهم * (لما قام عبد الله) * إلى قوله: قالوا لقومهم * (لما قام عبد الله) *) صحيح الإسنادAl-Albani source references (1)
(قول ابن عباس: ما قرأ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على الجن ... إلى قوله: وإنما أوحى إليه قول الجن) صحيح، (وقول ابن عباس: قول الجن لقومهم * (لما قام عبد الله) * إلى قوله: قالوا لقومهم * (لما قام عبد الله) *) صحيح الإسناد
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(1). 3323. Ibn 'Abbās [may Allāh be pleased with them] said: the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ did not recite for the jinns nor did he see them. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ went out with a group of his Companions towards the 'Ukāz market. Something had been intervening between the Shayātīn and the news from the heavens, and shooting stars had been sent upon them, so the Shayātīn returned to their people and they said to them: 'What is wrong with you?' They replied: 'Something has been intervening between us and the news of the heavens. And shooting stars have been sent down upon us.' They said: 'Nothing intervened between us and between the news of the heavens except that something has happened. So travel east and west in the earth and look for what is it that intervenes between you and between the news of the heavens.'" He said: "So they went traveling east and west on the earth, seeking whatever it was that had been intervening between them and the news of the heavens. A group of those who were traveling
towards Tihāmah headed in the direction of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, while he was at Nakhlah, enroute to the 'Ukāz market. He was performing Ṣalāt Al-Fajr with his Companions. When they heard the Qur'ān they listened to it, and they said: 'By Allāh! This is what has been intervening between us and the news of the heavens.'" He said: "Then they returned to their people and said: 'O our people! Verily we heard a wonderful Recitation! It guides to the Right Path, and we have believed therein, and we shall never join anything with our Lord.'[1] So Allāh, Blessed is He and Most High, revealed to His Prophet ﷺ: Say: 'It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened.'[2] So the saying of the jinns was only revealed to him."
[He said:] With this chain, from Ibn 'Abbās, who said: "The jinns said to their people: When the worshipper stood up invoking Him in prayer, they just made round him a dense crowd as if sticking one over the other."[3] He said: "When they saw him performing Ṣalāt, and his Companions were performing Ṣalāt, and they were prostrating along with his prostrations." He said: "They were amazed at how his Companions obeyed him so they said to their people: When the worshipper
stood up invoking Him in prayer, they just made round Him a dense crowd as if sticking one over the other.” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
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[1] Al-Jinn 72:1,2.
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[2] Al-Jinn 72:1.
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[3] Al-Jinn 72:19.
Commentary
The literal meaning: Libad means something sticking one over the other densely.
Even the jinn’s listening to the Qur’ān has been mentioned in this Ḥadīth. They were impressed so much by the effectiveness, beauty and wisdom of the Qur’ān. They value it honorably; they accepted it and also invited their people to it.
