"Umar bin Al-Khattab told me: 'While we were with the Messenger of Allah said to me: "O 'Umar, do you know who the questioner was?" I said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "That was Jibril, peace be upon him, who came to you to teach you your religion."
Sunan an-Nasa'i Book 47, Hadith 6