It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose Hand is my soul, if one of you were lowered by a rope to the seventh earth, he would (even there) come before his Lord, the Mighty and Majestic." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, and He has full knowledge of everything."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Qatadah except Abu Ja'far, and no one narrated it from Abu Ja'far except Salamah, and al-Husayn bin Isa bin Maysarah al-Razi is alone in narrating it."