عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَتَدْرِي مَا سِعَةُ جَهَنَّمَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ أَجَلْ وَاللَّهِ مَا نَدْرِي إِنَّ بَيْنَ شَحْمَةِ أُذُنِ أَحَدِهِمْ وَبَيْنَ عَاتِقِهِ مَسِيرَةَ سَبْعِينَ خَرِيفًا تَجْرِي فِيهَا أَوْدِيَةُ الْقَيْحِ وَالدَّمِ قُلْتُ أَنْهَارًا قَالَ لَا بَلْ أَوْدِيَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ أَتَرَوْنَ مَا سِعَةُ جَهَنَّمَ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ أَجَلْ وَاللَّهِ مَا نَدْرِي حَدَّثَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ {وَالْأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِينِهِ} فَأَيْنَ النَّاسُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ”هُمْ عَلَى جَسْرِ جَهَنَّمَ“
It is narrated from Mujahid, he says: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) asked me: Do you know how vast Hell is? I said: No, I do not. He said: Indeed, we do not know, but (it is certainly so vast that) the distance between the earlobe and the shoulder of one inhabitant of Hell will be seventy years, and in it will flow valleys of pus and blood. I said: Rivers of pus and blood? He said: Not rivers, valleys, valleys. Then he said: Do you know how spacious Hell is? I said: No, I do not. He said: Indeed, we do not know how spacious it is. However, Sayyida Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated to me that she asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the statement of Allah, the Exalted: {وَالْاَرْضُ جَمِیْعًا قَبْضَتُہُ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَۃِ وَالسَّمٰوَاتُ مَطْوِیَّاتٌ بِیَمِیْنِہٖ} (And on the Day of Resurrection the whole earth will be in His grip and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand) (Surah Az-Zumar: 67). O Messenger of Allah! Where will the people be at the time of this transformation? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: They will be on the bridge of Sirat over Hell.