Jami at Tirmidhi

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ الْمَعْنَی وَاحِدٌ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَ الْحَسَنُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَالِسٌ وَأَصْحَابُهُ إِذْ أَتَی عَلَيْهِمْ سَحَابٌ فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا هَذَا فَقَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ هَذَا الْعَنَانُ هَذِهِ رَوَايَا الْأَرْضِ يَسُوقُهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَکَ وَتَعَالَی إِلَی قَوْمٍ لَا يَشْکُرُونَهُ وَلَا يَدْعُونَهُ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا فَوْقَکُمْ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا الرَّقِيعُ سَقْفٌ مَحْفُوظٌ وَمَوْجٌ مَکْفُوفٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ کَمْ بَيْنَکُمْ وَبَيْنَهَا قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ بَيْنَکُمْ وَبَيْنَهَا مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا فَوْقَ ذَلِکَ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّ فَوْقَ ذَلِکَ سَمَائَيْنِ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ حَتَّی عَدَّ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ مَا بَيْنَ کُلِّ سَمَائَيْنِ کَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَائِ وَالْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا فَوْقَ ذَلِکَ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّ فَوْقَ ذَلِکَ الْعَرْشَ وَبَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ السَّمَائِ بُعْدُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَائَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الَّذِي تَحْتَکُمْ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا الْأَرْضُ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الَّذِي تَحْتَ ذَلِکَ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّ تَحْتَهَا أَرْضًا أُخْرَی بَيْنَهُمَا مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ حَتَّی عَدَّ سَبْعَ أَرَضِينَ بَيْنَ کُلِّ أَرْضَيْنِ مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّکُمْ دَلَّيْتُمْ رَجُلًا بِحَبْلٍ إِلَی الْأَرْضِ السُّفْلَی لَهَبَطَ عَلَی اللَّهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ وَهُوَ بِکُلِّ شَيْئٍ عَلِيمٌ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ قَالَ وَيُرْوَی عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَيُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالُوا لَمْ يَسْمَعْ الْحَسَنُ مِنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَفَسَّرَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالُوا إِنَّمَا هَبَطَ عَلَی عِلْمِ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ وَسُلْطَانِهِ وَعِلْمُ اللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتُهُ وَسُلْطَانُهُ فِي کُلِّ مَکَانٍ وَهُوَ عَلَی الْعَرْشِ کَمَا وَصَفَ فِي کِتَابهِ

Al-Hasan narrated that: 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.”

أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، ← حَدَّثَ الْحَسَنُ ← قَتَادَةَ ← شَیْبَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمٰنِ ← يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ← عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ الْمَعْنَی وَاحِدٌ