Ibn Abbas said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not recite the Quran to the jinn, nor did he see them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out with a group of his companions heading toward the market of Ukaz, at a time when the devils had been barred from the news of the heavens."The hadith continues, "So they set out striking the east and west of the earth. The group that headed toward Tihamah, while he was at Nakhl on his way to the market of Ukaz, came upon him as he was leading his companions in the dawn prayer. When they heard the Quran, they listened attentively to it and said, 'This is what has stood between us and the news of the heavens.' So they returned to their people and said, 'Our people, we have heard a wondrous Quran that guides to right conduct, so we believed in it, and we shall never associate anyone with our Lord.'"
ما قرأ رسول الله ﷺ على الجن وما رآهم انطلق رسول الله ﷺ في طائفة من أصحابه عامدين إلى سوق عكاظ، وقد حيل بين الشياطين وبين خبر السماء… وفيه: فانطلقوا يضربون مشارق الأرض ومغاربها، فمر النفر الذين أخذوا نحو تهامة- وهو بنخل- عامدين إلى سوق عكاظ، وهو يصلي بأصحابه صلاة الفجر- فلما سمعوا القرآن استمعوا له، وقالوا: هذا الذي حال بيننا وبين خبر السماء فرجعوا إلى قومهم فقالوا: يا قومنا إنا سمعنا قرآنا عجبا يهدي إلى الرشد فآمنا به ولن نشرك بربنا أحدا… الحديث.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Adhan (773), and Muslim narrated it in the Book of Prayer (449-149), both of them from the narration of Abu Awana, from Abu Bishr Jafar bin Abu Wahshiya, from Saeed bin Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, and he mentioned it. A detailed discussion of the hadith will follow in the Book of the Beginning of Creation, in the chapter on the delegation of the jinn.