I was at al-Bat-ha in a group, and among them was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. A cloud passed by, and he looked at it and asked, "What do you call this?"They replied, "A cloud (sahab)."He said, "And muzn?"They said, "And muzn."He said, "And anan?"Abu Bakr said, they replied, "And anan."He asked, "How far do you reckon it is between you and the sky?"They said, "We do not know."He said, "Between you and it is either seventy-one, seventy-two, or seventy-three years, and the sky above it is likewise," until he counted seven heavens. "Then above the seventh heaven is a sea, between its top and its bottom is like the distance between one heaven and another. Then above that are eight mountain goats, between their hooves and their knees is like the distance between one heaven and another. Then upon their backs is the Throne, between its top and its bottom is like the distance between one heaven and another. Then Allah is above that."
حدثنا محمد بن يحيى حدثنا محمد بن الصباح حدثنا الوليد بن أبي ثور الهمداني عن سماك عن عبد الله بن عميرة عن الأحنف بن قيس
كنت بالبطحاء في عصابة وفيهم رسول الله ﷺ فمرت به سحابة فنظر إليها فقال ما تسمون هذه قالوا السحاب قال والمزن قالوا والمزن قال والعنان قال أبو بكر قالوا والعنان قال كم ترون بينكم وبين السماء قالوا لا ندري قال فإن بينكم وبينها إما واحدا أو اثنين أو ثلاثا وسبعين سنة والسماء فوقها كذلك حتى عد سبع سماوات ثم فوق السماء السابعة بحر بين أعلاه وأسفله كما بين سماء إلى سماء ثم فوق ذلك ثمانية أوعال بين أظلافهن وركبهن كما بين سماء إلى سماء ثم على ظهورهن العرش بين أعلاه وأسفله كما بين سماء إلى سماء ثم الله فوق ذلك تبارك وتعالى
[Its chain of transmission is daif]. Reported by Abu Dawud in the Sunnah, chapter on Jahmiyyah, no. 4723, from Muhammad bin Sabbah, with this chain, and Tirmidhi, no. 3320, who said, hasan gharib. Simak's memory became confused, and Ibn Umayrah is not known to have heard from Ahnaf.