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his anus. Nawf al-Bikali said: “It is seventy cubits; each cubit is seventy fathoms, and each fathom is farther than the distance between you and Mecca.” He was in the courtyard of Kufa. (1) Sufyan said: “Each cubit is seventy cubits.” Al-Hasan said: “Allah knows best what kind of cubit it is.”

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi Tawbah informed us; Abu Tahir Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Harith informed us; Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Yaqub al-Kisa’i informed us; Abd Allah ibn Mahmud informed us; Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah al-Khallal related to us; Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak related to us, from Sa‘id ibn Yazid, from Abu al-Samh, from Isa ibn Hilal al-Sadafi, from Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn al-As, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “If a fragment (2) the size of this”—and he gestured to something the size of a skull—“were sent down from heaven to earth, a distance of five hundred years’ journey, it would reach the earth before nightfall. But if it were sent from the top of the chain, it would travel night and day for forty autumns before reaching its base, or its bottom.” (3)

Ka‘b said: “Even if all the iron in this world were gathered together, it would not weigh as much as one of its links.”

“Indeed, he did not believe in Allah, the Magnificent, nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.” (33–34)

(1) Narrated by al-Tabari, 29/63, and Abd al-Razzaq in al-Tafsir, 2/315. Al-Suyuti, in al-Durr al-Manthur, 8/273-274, also attributed it to Ibn al-Mubarak and Hannad in al-Zuhd, Abd ibn Humayd, and Ibn al-Mundhir. (2) The two manuscripts read “ridadah,” as does Ibn Kathir. Sharh al-Sunnah reads “radradah,” whereas al-Tirmidhi, Imam Ahmad, and al-Tabari read “rasasah.” Al-Mubarakfuri explained it as a piece of lead. (3) Narrated by al-Tirmidhi in The Description of Hell, chapter: “What Has Been Reported Concerning the Description of the Food of the Inhabitants of Hell,” 7/313-314; he said, “This hadith has a sound, authentic chain of transmission.” Also narrated by Imam Ahmad, 2/197; al-Tabari, 29/64; and the author of Sharh al-Sunnah, 15/248-249.

دُبُرِهِ. وَقَالَ نَوْفٌ الْبَكَالِيُّ: سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا كُلُّ ذِرَاعٍ سَبْعُونَ بَاعًا كُلُّ بَاعٍ أَبْعَدُ مِمَّا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ مَكَّةَ، وَكَانَ فِي رَحْبَةِ الْكُوفَةِ (١) وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ: كُلُّ ذِرَاعٍ سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا. قَالَ الْحَسَنُ: اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَيُّ ذِرَاعٍ هُوَ. أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي تَوْبَةَ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْكِسَائِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَحْمُودٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخَلَّالُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي السَّمْحِ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ هِلَالٍ الصَّدَفِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: "لَوْ أَنَّ [رُضَاضَةً] (٢) مِثْلَ هَذِهِ -وَأَشَارَ إِلَى مِثْلِ الْجُمْجُمَةِ -أُرْسِلَتْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، وَهِيَ مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ لَبَلَغَتِ الْأَرْضَ قَبْلَ اللَّيْلِ، وَلَوْ أَنَّهَا أُرْسِلَتْ مِنْ رَأْسِ السِّلْسِلَةِ لَسَارَتْ أَرْبَعِينَ خَرِيفًا اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَبْلُغَ أَصْلَهَا أَوْ قَعْرَهَا" (٣) . وَعَنْ كَعْبٍ قَالَ: لَوْ جُمِعَ حَدِيدُ الدُّنْيَا مَا وَزَنَ حَلَقَةً مِنْهَا. ﴿إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ (٣٣) وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ (٣٤) ﴾

(١) أخرجه الطبري: ٢٩ / ٦٣، وعبد الرزاق في التفسير: ٢ / ٣١٥. وعزاه السيوطي في الدر: ٨ / ٢٧٣-٢٧٤ لابن المبارك وهناد في الزهد وعبد بن حميد وابن المنذر. (٢) في المخطوطتين "رضاضة" وعند ابن كثير كذلك. وفي شرح السنة "رضراضة" وأما عند الترمذي والإمام أحمد والطبري فـ"رصاصة" وقد شرحها المباركفوري بأنها قطعة من الرصاص. (٣) أخرجه الترمذي في صفة جهنم، باب ما جاء في صفة طعام أهل النار: ٧ / ٣١٣-٣١٤ وقال: "هذا حديث إسناده حسن صحيح" والإمام أحمد: ٢ / ١٩٧، والطبري: ٢٩ / ٦٤، والمصنف في شرح السنة: ١٥ / ٢٤٨-٢٤٩.