Masruq reported: I asked Aisha, “O mother, did Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, see his Lord?” Aisha said, “What you said makes my hair stand on end! Know that if someone tells you one of three things, he is a liar. Whoever tells you that Muhammad saw his Lord is a liar.” Then, she recited the verse, “No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision, for He is the Subtle, the Aware,” (6:103) and, “It is not for a man that Allah speak to him but by inspiration, or from behind a veil,” (42:51). Aisha said, “Whoever tells you that the Prophet knows what will happen tomorrow is a liar.” Then, she recited the verse, “No soul can know what it will earn tomorrow,” (31:34). Aisha said, “Whoever tells you that the Prophet concealed the revelation is a liar.” Then, she recited the verse, “O Messenger, proclaim the message which has been sent to you from your Lord,” (5:67). Aisha said, “But the Prophet did see Gabriel twice in his natural form.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4574
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari
عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا يَا أُمَّتَاهْ هَلْ رَأَى مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَبَّهُ فَقَالَتْ لَقَدْ قَفَّ شَعَرِي مِمَّا قُلْتَ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ مَنْ حَدَّثَكَهُنَّ فَقَدْ كَذَبَ مَنْ حَدَّثَكَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى رَبَّهُ فَقَدْ كَذَبَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَتْ لَا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَبْصَارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الْأَبْصَارَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ وقالت عائشة وَمَنْ حَدَّثَكَ أَنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي غَدٍ فَقَدْ كَذَبَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَتْ وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَنْ حَدَّثَكَ أَنَّهُ كَتَمَ فَقَدْ كَذَبَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَتْ يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ الْآيَةَ وَلَكِنَّهُ رَأَى جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام فِي صُورَتِهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ
4574 صحيح البخاري كتاب تفسير القرآن سورة والنجم