Sahih Buhari

Hadith # 2  

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ هِشَامٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ سَأَل رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏كَيْفَ يَأْتِيكَ الْوَحْيُ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ أَحْيَانًا يَأْتِينِي مِثْلَ صَلْصَلَةِ الْجَرَسِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَهُوَ أَشَدُّهُ عَلَيَّ فَيُفْصَمُ عَنِّي، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ عَنْهُ مَا قَالَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَحْيَانًا يَتَمَثَّلُ لِي الْمَلَكُ رَجُلًا فَيُكَلِّمُنِي فَأَعِي مَا يَقُولُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا:‏‏‏‏ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الشَّدِيدِ الْبَرْدِ فَيَفْصِمُ عَنْهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَإِنَّ جَبِينَهُ لَيَتَفَصَّدُ عَرَقًا.


How is the Divine Inspiration revealed to our beloved Prophet ﷺ



Translation 


Narrated Aisha (RA): (the mother of the faithful believers) Al-Harith bin Hisham (RA) asked Allahs Apostle ﷺ "O Allahs Apostle ﷺ ! How is the Divine Inspiration revealed to you?" Allahs Apostle ﷺ replied, "Sometimes it is (revealed) like the ringing of a bell, this form of Inspiration is the hardest of all and then this state passes off after I have grasped what is inspired. Sometimes the Angel comes in the form of a man and talks to me and I grasp whatever he says." Aisha (RA) added: Verily I saw the Prophet ﷺ being inspired divinely on a very cold day and noticed the Sweat dropping from his forehead (as the Inspiration was over).