He said, “They were moths of gold.”

He further said, “The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—was granted three gifts: he was given the five daily prayers; he was given the closing verses of Sūrah al-Baqarah; and for every member of his community who does not associate anything with Allah, the grave offences have been forgiven.”

On his authority, regarding the Almighty’s words,
“so he was at a distance of two bow-lengths, or nearer” (Qur’an 53:9),
he said, “The Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—saw Gabriel in his true form; he had six hundred wings.”

And in the two Ṣaḥīḥ collections, on the authority of Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allah, that the Messenger of Allah