15. My father said: Sa`d ibn `Abdillah said on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Hashim, on the authority of the Ibn Abu Najran, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Sinan, on the authority of Ibrahim and al-Fadl sons of Muhammad al-Ash`ariyyayn, on the authority of Ubayd ibn Zurarah, on the authority of his father that I asked Abu `Abdillah :

“May I be your ransom! What used to make the Messenger of Allah ﷺ swoon when he received the revelation?” He answered: “That happened when there was no one between him and Allah. That happened when Allah manifested Himself to him.” He says that he then added: “Such is prophethood, O Zurarah! Accept it with humility.”