Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمَلِيحِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ خَبَرٍ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً كَانَ لَهَا تَابِعٌ قَالَ فَأَتَاهَا فِي صُورَةِ طَيْرٍ فَوَقَعَ عَلَى جِذْعٍ لَهُمْ قَالَ فَقَالَتْ أَلَا تَنْزِلُ فَنُخْبِرَكَ وَتُخْبِرَنَا قَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ خَرَجَ رَجُلٌ بِمَكَّةَ حَرَّمَ عَلَيْنَا الزِّنَا وَمَنَعَ مِنْ الْفِرَارِ.
English Translation
Ibrahim ibn Abi al-Abbas told us, Abu al-Malih told us, Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Aqil told us, from Jabir ibn Abdullah, who said: The first report that reached us about the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was that a woman had a familiar spirit. It came to her in the form of a bird and landed on a palm trunk of theirs. She said: "Won't you come down so we may tell you news and you tell us news?" It said: "A man has appeared in Makkah who has forbidden us fornication and has forbidden fleeing."