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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب السنةModel Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)
باب فِي الْجَهْمِيَّةِChapter: The Jahmiyyah.
Hadith 4727
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، أخبرنا أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " أُذِنَ لِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَ عَنْ مَلَكٍ مِنْ مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ ، مِنْ حَمَلَةِ الْعَرْشِ ، إِنَّ مَا بَيْنَ شَحْمَةِ أُذُنِهِ إِلَى عَاتِقِهِ مَسِيرَةُ سَبْعِ مِائَةِ عَامٍ " .
Jabir bin Abdullah reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying: I have been permitted to tell about one of Allah’s angels who bears the throne that the distance between the lobe of his ear and his shoulder is a journey of seven hundred years.
Brief Explanation
1؎: Like the gait of a fine horse, as is narrated in another hadith. The purpose of this hadith is to describe the length, breadth, grandeur, and size of the bearers of the Throne. The number seventy is not meant as a precise specification, rather, it denotes abundance.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
When the greatness of just one of Allah Azza wa Jall’s creatures, an angel, is of such magnitude, then what can be said of the majesty, grandeur, and greatness of Allah Azza wa Jall Himself?
Undoubtedly, this is beyond our imagination, and He is without equal or likeness.
When the greatness of just one of Allah Azza wa Jall’s creatures, an angel, is of such magnitude, then what can be said of the majesty, grandeur, and greatness of Allah Azza wa Jall Himself?
Undoubtedly, this is beyond our imagination, and He is without equal or likeness.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4727
