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==Teaching Moses== | ==Teaching Moses== | ||
According to a Shia narration, Gabriel ( | According to a Shia narration, Gabriel(a) was also present when Moses(a) performed Hajj, and in response to Moses’ question about the reward for one who performs Hajj sincerely, he conveyed God’s message that such a person would be placed in the highest realm of Paradise alongside the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous<ref>al-Ṣadūq, " Man lā Yaḥḍuruhu al-Faqīh ", vol. 2, p. 235–236.</ref> | ||
==Gabriel During the Prophethood== | ==Gabriel During the Prophethood== | ||
The prophethood of the Prophet ( | The prophethood of the Prophet(a) began with the revelation of verses of the Quran to him by Gabriel(a) in the [[Cave of Hira]].<ref>al-Dhahabī , "Tārīkh al-Islām wa Wafayāt al-Mashāhīr " , vol. 1, p. 65.</ref> | ||
After that, Gabriel(a) continuously appeared to the Prophet(s) throughout the 23 years of his prophethood, whether in [[Mecca]] or [[Medina]], for the revelation of Quranic verses and to guide and assist him in specific situations.<ref>Al-Isrāʾ, Sūrat al-Isrāʾ (17), verse, 1; al-ʿAyāshī, " Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī" , vol. 2, p. 276–277; al-Thaʿlabī, "Tafsīr Thaʿlabī (al-Kashf wa al-Bayān " ,vol. 6, p. 55.</ref> Praying in Mecca led by Gabriel <ref>al-Azraqī, "Akhbār Makkah ",vol. 1, p. 178; al-Nawawī, " al-Majmūʿ" , vol. 3, p. 18.</ref> | |||
Accompanying the Prophet(s) during the Mi’raj and informing him of the Quraysh’s plot to kill him,<ref> Sūrat Yā Sīn (36), verse, 9; al-Qummī, "Tafsīr al-Qummī" , vol. 1, p. 275–276; al-Majlisī , "Biḥār al-Anwār " ,vol. 19, p. 46; al-Majlisī , "Biḥār al-Anwār " ,vol. 19, pp. 50–51; al-Majlisī , "Biḥār al-Anwār " ,vol. 19, p. 54.</ref> are among these instances. | |||
are among these instances | |||
==Gabriel After the Migration of the Prophet of Islam== | ==Gabriel After the Migration of the Prophet of Islam== | ||
It is reported that in Medina, Gabriel ( | It is reported that in Medina, Gabriel(a) often appeared to the Prophet(a) in the form of “Dihyah al-Kalbi,” who was one of the companions of the Prophet and a handsome man.<ref>al-Ṭabarānī, "Al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ ", vol. 1, p. 7. al-Haythamī, " Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid ",vol. 8, p. 257.</ref> | ||
Whenever Gabriel(a) came to the Prophet(s), he would stop at a place near his house and seek permission to enter.<ref>Kulaynī , " Al-Kāfī " vol. 4, p. 452_ p. 557.</ref> | |||
In another narration, it is reported that at the end of the Battle of the Trench, Gabriel(a) came to the Prophet(s) at this place and conveyed God’s message instructing him to prepare for the battle against the Jews of Banu Qurayza.<ref>al-Samhūdī, " Wafāʾ al-Wafāʾ " ,vol. 1, p. 236–237.</ref> | |||
By God’s command, Gabriel(a) participated in certain battles, such as [[Badr]],<ref>al-Bukhārī, " Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī" , vol. 5, p. 14; al-Qummī, " Tafsīr al-Qummī" , vol. 1, pp. 266–267; Abū al-Fatḥ Rāzī, " Rawḍ al-Jinān ",vol. 9, p. 71.</ref> | |||
He also assisted the Muslims in the battles of Uhud,<ref>Muslim, " Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim", vol. 7, p. 72; Ibn Shahr Āshūb, "Manāqib Āl Abī Ṭālib", vol. 2, p. 78.</ref> Khaybar<ref>Maybudī , "Kashf al-Asrār " , vol. 9, p. 214; Ḥusaynī Shāh ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīmī, " Tafsīr Ithnāʿasharī", vol. 12, p. 160.</ref> and against the Jews of Banu Qurayza.<ref>Maybudī , " Kashf al-Asrār", vol. 8, p. 39; Abū al-Fatḥ Rāzī", Rawḍ al-Jinān", vol. 15, p. 396; al-Ṭabarasī , "Majmaʿ al-Bayān " ,vol. 8, p. 551–552.</ref> Narrations report Gabriel’s accompaniment during the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah<ref>al-Ṭabarī, " Jāmiʿ al-Bayān", vol. 30, p. 212; al-Suyūṭī , "al-Durr al-Manthūr", vol. 6, p. 403; Mudarrisī, "Min Hudā al-Qurʾān ", vol. 18, p. 395.</ref> and the Conquest of Mecca.<ref>al-Zamakhsharī , "Al-Kashshāf ", vol. 2, p. 689; al-Ṭabarasī, " Jawāmiʿ al-Jāmi", vol. 2, p. 342; al-Kāshānī, "Zubdat al-Tafāsīr" , vol. 4, p. 64.</ref> | |||
==Gate of Gabriel== | ==Gate of Gabriel== | ||