Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 4723

What is Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 4723?

Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 4723 is a narration recorded in this collection under Chapter 42: Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah). This page presents the source record and its available text, translations and grading label. Use the reference and chapter link below to read it in context; numbering and wording may differ between editions.

Collection
Sunan Abu Dawud
Reference in Sirah
Hadith 4723
Chapter
42: Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)
Narrator in the source
Al-Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib رضی اللہ عنہ
Compiler
Imam Abu Dawud
Displayed grading
Da`eef
Hadith 4723
Da`eef

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَزَّازُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أخبرنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَوْرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ كُنْتُ فِي الْبَطْحَاءِ فِي عِصَابَةٍ فِيهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَمَرَّتْ بِهِمْ سَحَابَةٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ مَا تُسَمُّونَ هَذِهِ ؟،‏‏‏‏ قَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ السَّحَابَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ وَالْمُزْنَ،‏‏‏‏ قَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ وَالْمُزْنَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ وَالْعَنَانَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ وَالْعَنَانَ،‏‏‏‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد:‏‏‏‏ لَمْ أُتْقِنْ الْعَنَانَ جَيِّدًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا بُعْدُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ ؟ قَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ لَا نَدْرِي، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّ بُعْدَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا:‏‏‏‏ إِمَّا وَاحِدَةٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَوِ اثْنَتَانِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَوْ ثَلَاثٌ وَسَبْعُونَ سَنَةً، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ السَّمَاءُ فَوْقَهَا كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى عَدَّ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ فَوْقَ السَّابِعَةِ بَحْرٌ بَيْنَ أَسْفَلِهِ وَأَعْلَاهُ مِثْلُ مَا بَيْنَ سَمَاءٍ إِلَى سَمَاءٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَوْعَالٍ بَيْنَ أَظْلَافِهِمْ وَرُكَبِهِمْ مِثْلُ مَا بَيْنَ سَمَاءٍ إِلَى سَمَاءٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمُ الْعَرْشُ مَا بَيْنَ أَسْفَلِهِ وَأَعْلَاهُ مِثْلُ مَا بَيْنَ سَمَاءٍ إِلَى سَمَاءٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ .

I was sitting in al-Batha with a company among whom the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم was sitting, when a cloud passed above them. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم looked at it and said: What do you call this? They said: Sahab. He said: And muzn? They said: And muzn. He said: And anan? They said: And anan. Abu Dawud said: I am not quite confident about the word anan. He asked: Do you know the distance between Heaven and Earth? They replied: We do not know. He then said: The distance between them is seventy-one, seventy-two, or seventy-three years. The heaven which is above it is at a similar distance (going on till he counted seven heavens). Above the seventh heaven there is a sea, the distance between whose surface and bottom is like that between one heaven and the next. Above that there are eight mountain goats the distance between whose hoofs and haunches is like the distance between one heaven and the next. Then Allah, the Blessed and the Exalted, is above that.

— Narrated Al-Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib رضی اللہ عنہ

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Collection: Sunan Abu Dawud. Compiler: Imam Abu Dawud. Reference in Sirah: Hadith 4723.

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