Mustadrak al-Hakim — Hadith 3891

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at al-Batha' when suddenly a cloud passed by, and the people looked at it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked them: "Do you know what its name is?" The Companions said: Yes, this is a cloud (sahab). the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And (it is also called) 'al-muzn'." They said: And (it is also called) 'al-muzn'. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And (it is also called) 'al-'anana'." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you know how great the distance is between the heaven and the earth?" They said: No. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The distance between the two of them is a journey of either seventy-one, or seventy-two, or seventy-three years; and the heaven above it is likewise (at the same distance), and Allah Almighty is above all of that; nothing of the deeds of the children of Adam is hidden from Him. And in the seventh heaven there are eight mountain goats (angels), the distance between whose hooves and knees is like the distance from one heaven to another."