Sahih Muslim Book: 2, Hadith: 450

وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادٌ، – وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْعَوَّامِ – حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ زِرَّ بْنَ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ، عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏{‏ فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى‏}‏ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَأَى جِبْرِيلَ لَهُ سِتُّمِائَةِ جَنَاحٍ ‏.‏ Al-Shaibini reported to us:I asked Zirr b. Hubaish about the words of Allah (the Mighty and Great):” So he was (at a distance) of two bows or nearer” (al-Qur’an, Iiii 8). He said: Ibn Mas’ud informed me that, verily, the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) saw Gabriel and he had six hundred wings. Chain : Sulaiman bin Da’ud al-‘Atki al-Zahrani – ‘Aabad bin al-Wam bin – Sulaiman bin Abi Sulaiman – Zar bin Habaysh bin Habasha – ibn Mas’ud Data Source Disclaimer: The data presented on this website has been meticulously collected from Sunnah.com , a rec...