Hadith of Gabriel


In Sunni Islam, the Hadith of Gabriel is a hadith of the Islamic prophet Muhammad which expresses the religion of Islam in a concise manner. It is believed to contain a summary of the core of the religion of Islam, which are:
  1. Islām, which is described with the "Five Pillars of Islam,"
  2. Īmān, which is described with the "Six Articles of Faith,"
  3. Iḥsān, or "doing what is beautiful," and
  4. al-Sā’ah, or The Hour, which is not described, but its signs are given.
This hadith is found in both the Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī and the Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim collections. It has been named "Ḥadīth Jibrīl" by Islamic scholars because the archangel Gabriel appears to Muhammad and those around him in a human form.