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ahmad:8828Surayj > al-Ḥakam b. ʿAbd al-Malik > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , a cloud passed by and he asked, "Do you know what this is?" We said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "This is 'Adna and Rawayya, clouds that Allah drives to those who do not thank Him among His servants and do not invoke Him. Do you know what is above you?" We said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "It is a blind-covered wave and a secure ceiling. Do you know how much is between you and it?" We said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "A journey of five hundred years." Then he said, "Do you know what is above it?" We said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "Another heaven. Do you know how much is between you and it?" We said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "A journey of five hundred years, until he counted seven heavens. Then he said, "Do you know what is above that?" We said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "The Throne. Do you know how much is between it and the seventh heaven?" We said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "A journey of five hundred years." Then he said, "Do you know what is beneath you?" We said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "Another earth. Do you know how much is between them?" We said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "A journey of five hundred years, until he counted seven earths. Then he said, "By Allah, if I were to lead one of you to a rope extending from the lowermost earth to the seventh heaven, you would go down." Then he recited, "He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate, and He is, of all things, Knowing." [Surah Al-Hadeed, verse 3]  

أحمد:٨٨٢٨حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ مَرَّتْ سَحَابَةٌ فَقَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا هَذِهِ؟ قَالَ قُلْنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ الْعَنَانُ وَرَوَايَا الْأَرْضِ يَسُوقُهُ اللهُ إِلَى مَنْ لَا يَشْكُرُهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَلَا يَدْعُونَهُ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا هَذِهِ فَوْقَكُمْ؟ قُلْنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ الرَّقِيعُ مَوْجٌ مَكْفُوفٌ وَسَقْفٌ مَحْفُوظٌ أَتَدْرُونَ كَمْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهَا؟ قُلْنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ عَامٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الَّتِي فَوْقَهَا؟ قُلْنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ سَمَاءٌ أُخْرَى أَتَدْرُونَ كَمْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهَا؟ قُلْنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ عَامٍ حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ؟ قُلْنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ الْعَرْشُ قَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ كَمْ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ؟ قُلْنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ عَامٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا هَذَا تَحْتَكُمْ؟ قُلْنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ أَرْضٌ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا تَحْتَهَا؟ قُلْنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ أَرْضٌ أُخْرَى أَتَدْرُونَ كَمْ بَيْنَهُمَا ؟ قُلْنَا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ عَامٍ حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعَ أَرَضِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَايْمُ اللهِ لَوْ دَلَّيْتُمْ أَحَدَكُمْ بِحَبْلٍ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ السُّفْلَى السَّابِعَةِ لَهَبَطَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ} [الحديد 3]  


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Abu Hurairah said: “Once when the Prophet of Allah was sitting with his Companions, a cloud came above them, so the Prophet of Allah said: ‘Do you know what this is?’ They said: ‘Allah and His Messenger know better.’ He said: ‘These are the clouds that are to drench the earth, which Allah [Blessed and Most High] dispatches to people who are not grateful to Him, nor supplicate to Him.’ Then he said: ‘Do you know what is above you?’ They said: ‘Allah and His Messenger know better.’ He said: ‘Indeed it is a preserved canopy of the firmament whose surge is restrained.’ Then he said: ‘Do you know how much is between you and between it?’ They said: ‘Allah and His Messenger know better.’ He said: ‘Between you and it [is the distance] of five-hundred year.’ Then he said: ‘Do you know what is above that.’ They said: ‘Allah and His Messenger know better.’ He said: ‘Verily, above that are two Heavens, between the two of them there is a distance of five-hundred years’ – until he enumerated seven Heavens – ‘What is between each of the two Heavens is what is between the heavens and the earth.’ Then he said: ‘Do you know what is above that?’ They said: ‘Allah and His Messenger know better.’ He said: ‘Verily, above that is the Throne between it and the heavens is a distance [like] what is between two of the heavens.’ Then he said: ‘Do you know what is under you?’ They said: ‘Allah and His Messenger know better.’ He said: ‘Indeed it is the earth.’ Then he said: ‘Do you know what is under that?’ They said: ‘Allah and His Messenger know better.’ He said: ‘Verily, below it is another earth, between the two of which is a distance of five-hundred years.’ Until he enumerated seven earths: ‘Between every two earths is a distance of five-hundred years.’ Then he said: ‘By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad! If you were to send [a man] down with a rope to the lowest earth, then he would descend upon Allah.’ Then he recited: He is Al-Awwal, Al-Akhir, Az-Zahir Al-Batin, and He has knowledge over all things.”  

الترمذي:٣٢٩٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ الْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ وَأَصْحَابُهُ إِذْ أَتَى عَلَيْهِمْ سَحَابٌ فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا هَذَا فَقَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ هَذَا الْعَنَانُ هَذِهِ رَوَايَا الأَرْضِ يَسُوقُهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِلَى قَوْمٍ لاَ يَشْكُرُونَهُ وَلاَ يَدْعُونَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا فَوْقَكُمْ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا الرَّقِيعُ سَقْفٌ مَحْفُوظٌ وَمَوْجٌ مَكْفُوفٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ كَمْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهَا قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهَا مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ سَمَاءَيْنِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِمِائَةِ عَامٍ حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعَ سَمَوَاتٍ مَا بَيْنَ كُلِّ سَمَاءَيْنِ كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ الْعَرْشَ وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ بُعْدُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الَّذِي تَحْتَكُمْ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا الأَرْضُ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الَّذِي تَحْتَ ذَلِكَ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّ تَحْتَهَا الأَرْضَ الأُخْرَى بَيْنَهُمَا مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعَ أَرَضِينَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أَرْضَيْنِ مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ دَلَّيْتُمْ رَجُلاً بِحَبْلٍ إِلَى الأَرْضِ السُّفْلَى لَهَبَطَ عَلَى اللَّهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأََ ( هو الأَوَّلُ وَالآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ )  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ قَالَ وَيُرْوَى عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَيُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالُوا لَمْ يَسْمَعِ الْحَسَنُ مِنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَفَسَّرَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالُوا إِنَّمَا هَبَطَ عَلَى عِلْمِ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ وَسُلْطَانِهِ عِلْمُ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتُهُ وَسُلْطَانُهُ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ كَمَا وَصَفَ فِي كِتَابِهِ