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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) see Jibril in the Cave of Hira when he embraced him, or did he only hear his voice?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) see Jibril (peace be upon him) with his own eyes when he embraced him and said to him, "Read," or did he only hear his voice without seeing his body?

Answer:
Jibril came in the form of a man; he came in the form of an angel except on two occasions. He did not see him in the form of an angel except on two occasions: once in the plain of Makkah when the harm of the disbelievers became severe for him, he saw him in the clear horizon, and indeed he saw him in the clear horizon in his true form, peace and blessings be upon him. The second time was on the night of the Mi'raj, when he saw him at the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary. Apart from those two occasions, he would come to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the form of a man.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2255- 4717] هل رأى الرسول ﷺ جبريل في غار حراء عندما ضمه أم سمع صوته فقط؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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