ʿĀṣim ibn Bahdalah, the Qur’an‐reciter, is not considered strong in transmission.

Mālik ibn Mughawil reported through al-Zubayr ibn ʿAdiyy, from Ṭalḥah ibn Muṣarrif, from Murrah al-Hamdānī, from Ibn Masʿūd who said: “When the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was taken up on the Night Journey and reached the Lote-Tree of the Utmost Boundary—he said it is in the sixth heaven—everything that rises from below stops there until it is taken up, and everything that descends from above stops there until it is taken down. Concerning the verse, ‘When the Lote-Tree was covered by that which covered it’ (al-Najm 53:16), he said: it was shrouded by butterflies of gold. There the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was given the five daily prayers, the closing verses of Sūrat al-Baqarah, and, for those of his community who do not associate anything with Allah, forgiveness for their grave offences. Recorded by Muslim.

Isrāʾīl narrated from Abū Isḥāq, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yazīd, from ʿAbd Allah regarding the verse, ‘The heart did not deny what it saw’ (al-Najm 53:11): he said, “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saw Gabriel wearing a garment of green brocade that filled the space between heaven and earth.”

ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abī Sulaymān narrated from ʿAṭāʾ, from Abū Hurayrah concerning the verse, ‘And indeed he saw him on another descent’ (al-Najm 53:13): he said, “He saw Gabriel.” Recorded by Muslim.

Zakariyyā ibn Abī Zāʾidah related from Ibn Ashwaʿ, from al-Shaʿbī, from Masrūq who said: “I asked ʿĀʾishah about Allah’s words, ‘Then he drew near and descended’ (al-Najm 53:8). She replied, ‘That was Gabriel. He used to come to him in the form of a man, but on this occasion he appeared in his true form and filled the entire horizon.’” Agreed upon.

Ibn Lahīʿah said: “Abū al-Aswad related to me, from ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah that …”