Abu Saeed Khudri reported,

Usayd bin Hudayr was reciting one night in his stable when his horse suddenly stirred. He continued reciting, and it stirred again. He recited once more, and it stirred yet again.Usayd said, "I feared that it would trample Yahya," meaning his son, "so I went over to it, and there above my head was something like a canopy with what looked like lamps in it. It rose up into the sky until I could no longer see it."He continued, "The next morning I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'Messenger of Allah, last night in the depth of the night I was reciting in my stable when my horse stirred.'"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Recite on, Ibn Hudayr."He said, "So I recited, then it stirred again."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Recite on, Ibn Hudayr."So I recited, then it stirred again.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Recite on, Ibn Hudayr."He said, "Then I stopped. Yahya was near the horse, and I feared it would trample him. I saw something like a canopy with what looked like lamps in it, and it rose up into the sky until I could no longer see it."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Those were the angels listening to you. Had you continued reciting until morning, the people would have seen them, and they would not have been hidden from them."

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أبا سعيد الخدري حدثه

أن أسيد بن حضير بينما هو ليلة يقرأ في مربده إذ جالت فرسه فقرأ ثم جالت أخرى فقرأ ثم جالت أيضا فقال أسيد فخشيت أن تطأ يحيى يعني ابنه فقمت إليه فإذا مثل الظلة فوق رأسي فيها أمثال السرج عرجت في الجو حتى ما أراها قال فغدوت على رسول الله ﷺ فقلت يا رسول الله بينما أنا البارحة من جوف الليل أقرأ في مربدي إذ جالت فرسي فقال رسول الله ﷺ اقرأ ابن حضير قال فقرأت ثم جالت أيضا فقال رسول الله ﷺ اقرأ ابن حضير فقرأت ثم جالت فقال رسول الله ﷺ اقرأ ابن حضير قال فانصرفت وكان يحيى قريبا منها فخشيت أن تطأه فرأيت مثل الظلة فيها أمثال السرج عرجت في الجو حتى ما أراها فقال رسول الله ﷺ تلك الملائكة كانت تستمع لك ولو قرأت لأصبحت رآها الناس لا تستتر منهم