And Abū Bakr ibn Khuzaymah said: Al-Walīd narrated: ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn Yazīd ibn Jābir told me: Khālid ibn al-Lajlāj narrated to us: ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn ‘Ā’ish al-Hadramī told me: I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say:

“I saw my Lord in the most beautiful form. He said, ‘What is the Highest Assembly disputing about, O Muhammad?’ I replied twice, ‘O my Lord.’ Then He placed His palm between my shoulders, and I felt its coolness between my breasts. Then I knew what was in the heavens and on earth.”

He then recited:

“Thus did We show Abraham the dominion of the heavens and the earth, so that he might be among those who have certainty.” (75) [al-An‘ām 75]

He said: “He said, ‘What is the Highest Assembly disputing about, O Muhammad?’ I replied, ‘About expiations, my Lord.’ He said, ‘And what are they?’ I replied, ‘Walking to