968 — Abū Bakr ibn Abī Dāwūd narrated to us, saying: Yūnus ibn Habīb al-Asbahānī narrated to us, saying: Abū Dāwūd—meaning al-Tayālisī—narrated to us, saying: Sālih ibn Abī al-Akhdar narrated to us, from al-Zuhrī, from Urwa, from Aisha—may Allah have mercy on her—who said: “The first form in which revelation came to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—was the true dream.” She continued: “Solitude was made beloved to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—so he would remain for days in the cave of Hirā, worshipping, until revelation came to him—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.”