@AbooRuqayyahAMK/ 13 April 2016
“Jibreel would descend upon the Prophet, sal Allaahu ‘alayhi
was-Sallam, with the Sunnah just like he would descend upon him with the Qur'aan. He would teach him [the Sunnah] just as he would teach him the Qur’aan.”
[Reported by al-Laalikaa’ee in Sharh Usool I’tiqaad
Ahlis-Sunnati wal-Jamaa’ah, v. 1 p .93 no. 99, as well as ad-Daarimee with a
slightly different chain and its men are trustworthy. It is also reported by
al-Marwazee in as-Sunnah, nos. 28 and 116. Al-Haafith Ibn Hajr mentioned that it
was reported by al-Bayhaqee with a saheeh chain in Fat’h al Baaree, v. 13 p. 291
and it was also mentioned by Ibn Battah in al-Ibaanah, 1/14]