my hair on end.” He said: I replied, “Wait a moment.” He continued: I then recited to her, “By the star when it descends” (1), up to His words, “And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer” (9) [al-Najm 1–9].

She said, “Where is your thinking taking you? He only saw Gabriel in his own form. Whoever tells you that Muhammad saw his Lord has lied, and whoever tells you that he knows the five matters of the unseen has lied.” She recited, “Indeed, Allah has knowledge of the Hour,” to the end of the surah [Luqmān 34].

‘Abd al-Razzāq said: I mentioned this hadith to Ma‘mar, who said, “We do not regard ‘Ā’ishah as more knowledgeable than Ibn ‘Abbās.”

Abū Bakr ibn Khuzaymah said: If I were to consider it permissible to adduce evidence contrary to my own principles and were to rely on someone like Mujālid, I would argue that all the Banū Hāshim, without exception, disagreed with ‘Ā’ishah—may Allah be pleased with her—on this question, and that they all affirmed that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—had seen his Lord twice. Thus, for anyone who permits relying on someone like Mujālid as evidence, the agreement of the Banū Hāshim would take precedence over a view held by ‘Ā’ishah alone, in which she was not supported by any of the Companions of