Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 4723
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَزَّازُ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَوْرٍ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ، عَنِ الأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، قَالَ كُنْتُ فِي الْبَطْحَاءِ فِي عِصَابَةٍ فِيهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَمَرَّتْ بِهِمْ سَحَابَةٌ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ " مَا تُسَمُّونَ هَذِهِ " . قَالُوا السَّحَابَ . قَالَ " وَالْمُزْنَ " . قَالُوا وَالْمُزْنَ . قَالَ " وَالْعَنَانَ " . قَالُوا وَالْعَنَانَ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ لَمْ أُتْقِنِ الْعَنَانَ جَيِّدًا قَالَ " هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا بُعْدُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ " . قَالُوا لاَ نَدْرِي . قَالَ " إِنَّ بُعْدَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِمَّا وَاحِدَةٌ أَوِ اثْنَتَانِ أَوْ ثَلاَثٌ وَسَبْعُونَ سَنَةً ثُمَّ السَّمَاءُ فَوْقَهَا كَذَلِكَ " . حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعَ سَمَوَاتٍ " ثُمَّ فَوْقَ السَّابِعَةِ بَحْرٌ بَيْنَ أَسْفَلِهِ وَأَعْلاَهُ مِثْلُ مَا بَيْنَ سَمَاءٍ إِلَى سَمَاءٍ ثُمَّ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَوْعَالٍ بَيْنَ أَظْلاَفِهِمْ وَرُكَبِهِمْ مِثْلُ مَا بَيْنَ سَمَاءٍ إِلَى سَمَاءٍ ثُمَّ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمُ الْعَرْشُ بَيْنَ أَسْفَلِهِ وَأَعْلاَهُ مِثْلُ مَا بَيْنَ سَمَاءٍ إِلَى سَمَاءٍ ثُمَّ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ " .
Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah al-Bazzaz narrated to us: al-Walid ibn Abi Thawr narrated to us, from Simak, from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Amirah, from al-Ahnaf ibn Qays, from al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, who said: I was in al-Batha’ among a group that included the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). A cloud passed over them, and he looked at it and asked, ‘What do you call this?’ They replied, ‘Cloud.’ He asked, ‘And muzn?’ They replied, ‘Muzn.’ He asked, ‘And ‘anan?’ They replied, ‘‘Anan.’ Abu Dawud said: I have not mastered the word ‘anan well. He asked, ‘Do you know the distance between heaven and earth?’ They replied, ‘We do not know.’ He said, ‘The distance between them is either one, or two, or seventy-three years. Then the heaven above it is likewise distant,’ until he counted seven heavens. ‘Then above the seventh is a sea, whose bottom-to-top distance is like the distance from one heaven to another. Above that are eight mountain goats; the distance between their hooves and knees is like the distance from one heaven to another. Then above their backs is the Throne, whose bottom-to-top distance is like the distance from one heaven to another. Then Allah, Blessed and Exalted, is above that.’