I asked Ibn Masud, "Did any of you accompany the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the night of the jinn?"He replied, "No. But we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one night when we lost track of him. We searched for him in the valleys and the mountain passes. We said, 'He has been snatched away, or he has been assassinated!' We spent the worst night any people ever spent. When morning came, there he was, coming from the direction of Hira."He continued, "We said, 'Messenger of Allah, we lost you and searched for you but could not find you, so we spent the worst night any people ever spent.'He said, 'A caller from the jinn came to me, so I went with him and recited the Quran to them.'"He continued, "He then took us along and showed us their traces and the traces of their fires. They had asked him for provision, and he had told them, 'You may have every bone over which the name of Allah has been mentioned that falls into your hands. It will be the most abundant meat possible. And every piece of dung will be fodder for your animals.'"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "So do not use these two for cleaning yourselves, for they are the food of your brothers."
سألت ابن مسعود فقلت: هل شهد أحد منكم مع رسول الله ﷺ ليلة الجن؟ قال: لا. ولكنا كنا مع رسول الله ﷺ ذات ليلة، ففقدناه، فالتمسناه في الأودية والشعاب، فقلنا: استطير، أو اغتيل! قال: فبتنا بشر ليلة بات بها قوم. فلما أصبحنا إذا هو جاء من قبل حراء. قال: فقلنا: يا رسول الله! فقدناك فطلبناك فلم نجدك فبتنا بشر ليلة بات بها قوم. فقال: أتاني داعي الجن، فذهبت معه، فقرأت عليهم القرآن. قال: فانطلق بنا فأرانا آثارهم وآثار نيرانهم. وسألوه الزاد. فقال: لكم كل عظم ذكر اسم الله عليه يقع في أيديكم أوفر ما يكون لحما. وكل بعرة علف لدوابكم. فقال رسول الله ﷺ: فلا تستنجوا بهما؛ فإنهما طعام إخوانكم.
Muslim narrated it in Salah (450), from Muhammad bin Muthanna, who said, Abdul-Ala narrated to us, from Dawud, from Amir, who said, I asked Alqama, "Was Ibn Masud present with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the night of the jinn?" He said, Alqama replied... and he mentioned the same account.Bukhari also narrated it in Manaqib (3859), as did Muslim, both from the hadith of Abu Usama, from Masaar, from Maen bin Abdul-Rahman, who said, I heard my father say, I asked Masruq, "Who informed the Prophet ﷺ about the jinn on the night they listened to the Quran?" He said, Your father, meaning Abdullah, told me that a tree informed him of them. His saying "informed" means "made known."