Kuraib (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) called me and said: Write; From the servant of Allah, Ibn Abbas, to so-and-so, the scholar of Tayma, peace be upon you. I praise Allah, besides whom there is no deity. I said: Do you write peace at the beginning? He replied: Indeed, Allah is As-Salam (the Source of Peace). Then he said: Write; Peace be upon you, to proceed! Inform me about the “mustaqarr” and “mustawda‘”, and tell me about that Paradise whose width is as the heavens and the earth.
So I took this letter to that Jew and gave it to him. When he saw the letter, he said: Welcome to the letter of my friend among the Muslims! Then he took me to his house and began to take out many of his books, throwing them aside and not paying attention to them. I said: What are you doing? He said: These are books written by the Jews. Until he took out the Torah, looked at it, and said: “Mustawda‘” is the loins, and “mustaqarr” is the womb. Then he recited this verse: __QUR_N__ “And We settle in the wombs whom We will” __QUR_N__ and __QUR_N__ “And for you on the earth is a place of settlement and enjoyment for a time” __QUR_N__. He said: The “mustaqarr” of man is in the womb, then on the earth, and then beneath the earth, until he is transferred to Paradise or Hell.
Then he looked and said: Paradise whose width is as the heavens and the earth, meaning the seven heavens and the seven earths, which will be joined together like garments are joined together. He said: This is its width, and no one can describe its length.
Hadith Referenceسنن سعید بن منصور / كتاب التفسير / 898
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:سنده ضعيف إن كان الراوي عن كريب هو حميد بن زياد؛ لضعفه من قبل حفظه
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه ابن حبان فى (صحيحه) برقم: 6556، والضياء المقدسي فى "الأحاديث المختارة"، 81، 82، 83، وسعيد بن منصور فى (سننه) برقم: 898»