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(1). 3320. Al-Ahnaf bin Qais narrated from Al-‘Abbās bin ‘Abdul-Muṭṭalib who claimed that he was sitting in Al-Baṭḥā[1] with a group, and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was sitting among them, when a cloud passed over them. They looked at it, and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘Do you know what its name is?’ They said: ‘Yes. This is As-Sahāb (cloud).’ The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘Al-Muzn (rain cloud)?’ They said: ‘(Yes) a rain cloud.’ He said: ‘Al-‘Anān (a lofty-cloud)’ They said: ‘(Yes) a lofty-cloud.’ Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘Do you know how much distance there is between the heavens and the earth?’ They said: ‘No, by Allāh we do not know.’ He said: ‘The distance between every two of them is either seventy-one,
or two, or three, years and the heaven that is above that one is like that.' Until he enumerated Seven heavens like that. Then he said: 'Above the seventh heaven is a sea. Between its highest part and its lowest is just as there is between one heaven to another heaven. Above that are eight goats, between their hooves and backs is the same as what is between one heaven and another heaven. Then above their backs is the Throne. Between its lowest and highest parts is the same as what is between one heaven to another heaven, and Allāh is above that.'" (Da'if)
Abd bin Humaid said: "I heard Yahyā bin Ma'in saying: 'Didn't Abdur-Rahmān bin Sa'd want to go for Hajj so that someone heard this Hadīth from him?'"[1]
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb. Al-Walid bin Abī Thawr reported similar in Marfū' from Simāk. Sharik reported part of this Hadīth from Simāk and he narrated it in Mawqūf not Marfū' form. 'Abdur-Rahmān is Ibn 'Abdullāh bin Sa'd Ar-Rāzī.
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[1] A well known area of Makkah. ‘At-Tībi said: ‘He used ‘claimed’ in reference to Al-‘Abbās because he was not at that time (the event occurred) a Muslim, and the group that he was with were not Muslims.’” (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi).
Commentary
The Jahmiyah's view that Allāh is not above the Throne is wrong. The world above the heavens is such that which can never be comprehended. Therefore the full encompassing knowledge regarding it is impossible. Faith in the Unseen is essential.
