al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 3137
✧ Interpretation of Surah al-Imran.
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ نا إِسْحَاقُ بِنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ وَقَرَأَ {إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ} [آل عمران 5] فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمِيرَةَ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ قَالَ
كُنَّا جُلُوسًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ فَمَرَّتْ سَحَابَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَتَدْرُونَ مَا هَذَا؟» فَقُلْنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ «السَّحَابُ» فَقُلْنَا السَّحَابُ فَقَالَ «وَالْمُزْنُ» فَقُلْنَا وَالْمُزْنُ فَقَالَ «وَالْعَنَانُ» فَقُلْنَا وَالْعَنَانُ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَتَدْرُونَ كَمْ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ؟» فَقُلْنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «بَيْنَهُمَا مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ سَمَاءٍ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِ مِائَةٍ وَكِثَفُ كُلِّ سَمَاءٍ مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ وَفَوْقَ السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ بَحْرٌ بَيْنَ أَعْلَاهُ وَأَسْفَلِهِ كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَوْعَالٍ بَيْنَ رُكَبِهِمْ وَأَظْلَافِهِمْ كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَعْمَالِ بَنِي آدَمَ شَيْءٌ»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnbarī
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Salām
- Isḥāq Bin Ibrāhīm
- ʿAbd al-Razzāq
- Yaḥyá b. al-ʿAlāʾ
- ʿAmmih Shuʿayb b. Khālid
- Simāk b. Ḥarb and Qaraʾ In Allāh Lā Yakhfá ʿAlayh Shayʾ Fī al-Arḍ Walā Fī al-Samāʾ Āl ʿMrān 5
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmīrah
- al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
✧ We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at al-Baṭḥāʾ when a cloud passed by. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Do you know what this is?” We said, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said, “It is clouds.” We said, “Clouds.” He said, “And rain-clouds.” We said, “And rain-clouds.” He said, “And high clouds.” We said, “And high clouds.” Then he fell silent. Then he said, “Do you know how much is between the heaven and the earth?” We said, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said, “Between them is a distance of five hundred years’ journey, and from each heaven to the next is a distance of five hundred years’ journey, and the thickness of each heaven is a distance of five hundred years’ journey. Above the seventh heaven is a sea, between its top and bottom is like what is between the heaven and the earth. Then above that are eight mountain goats, between their knees and hooves is like what is between the heaven and the earth, and Allah, exalted is He, is above that; nothing of the deeds of the children of Adam is hidden from Him.”
Notes
هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ يحيى واه
machine translationThis is a ḥadīth with a sound chain (ṣaḥīḥ al-isnād), though the two [al-Bukhārī and Muslim] did not record it. Yaḥyā is very weak (wāhin).
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| Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥākim | Soundin المستدرك على الصحيحين, p. 3155 | hadithunlocked |
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What scholars said about it
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- Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
لا أعلم في هذا الباب حديثا مرفوعا إلا حديث عبد الله بن عميرة وهو حديث مشهور بهذا الإسناد رواه عن سماك جماعة منهم أبو خالد الدالاني وعمر وابن أبي عمرو بن أبي قيس وشعيب بن أبي خالد وابن أبي المقدام وإبراهيم بن طهمان والوليد بن أبي ثور
machine translationI do not know of any raised (marfūʿ) ḥadīth on this topic except the ḥadīth of ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmayrah, and it is a well-known (mashhūr) ḥadīth with this chain. A group narrated it from Simāk, among them Abū Khālid al-Dālānī, ʿUmar and Ibn Abī ʿAmr b. Abī Qays, Shuʿayb b. Abī Khālid, Ibn Abī al-Miqdām, Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān and al-Walīd b. Abī Thawr.
in المستدرك على الصحيحين, p. 3155 - Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥākim
صحيح الإسناد
machine translationThe chain is sound (ṣaḥīḥ al-isnād).
in المستدرك على الصحيحين, p. 3155 - ابن عدي
لا يتابع عليه ورواياته غير محفوظة ويحيى بن العلاء بين الضعف على روايته وحديثه
machine translationHe is not corroborated, and his narrations are not preserved (ghayr maḥfūẓ). Yaḥyā b. al-ʿAlāʾ is clearly weak (ḍaʿīf) in his narration and his ḥadīth.
in المستدرك على الصحيحين, p. 3155 - Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
فيه عن سماك اختلاف قال البخاري لا يعلم له سماع من الأحنف
machine translationThere is disagreement about it from Simāk. al-Bukhārī said: It is not known that he heard from al-Aḥnaf.
in المستدرك على الصحيحين, p. 3155
Other narrations of this report
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 32 AH, or: 33 AH, or: 34 AHالعَبَّاس بن عَبْد المُطَّلِب عَمّ رَسُول اللهصحابيعن
- acceptable (maqbūl)عبد الله بن عميرة بن حصن القيسيمقبولحدثني
- Truthful (ṣadūq); his narrations from ʿIkrimah in particular are inconsistent (muḍṭarib); he changed (taghayyara) towards the end of his life, and at times he would accept prompting (yulaqqan).d. 123 AHسِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍصدوق , وروايته عن عكرمة خاصة مضطربة , وقد تغير بأخرة ، فكان ربما يلقنعن
- there is no harm in him (laysa bihi baʾs)شُعَيْبِ بْنِ خَالِدٍليس به بأسعن
- Accused of fabrication.d. close to 160 AH.يَحْيَى بْنُ الْعَلَاءِرمي بالوضع .أنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a renowned author (muṣannif); he went blind at the end of his life and his memory changed (taghayyara), and he had Shiite leanings (kāna yatashayyaʿ)d. 211 AHعَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِثقة حافظ مصنف شهير ، عمي في آخر عمره فتغير ، وكان يتشيعأنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer, a mujtahid (thiqah ḥāfiẓ mujtahid)d. 237 AH, or 238 AHإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَثقة حافظ مجتهدنا
- d. 286 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِنا
- d. 344 AHأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّأخبرنا
- d. 403 AH, or 405 AHالحاكم
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