If we interpret the mile as a kilometer, and there is nothing in Paradise from this world except names, then regarding the mile, we do not know it.
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, we interpreted the mile as a kilometer and more.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I ask how to reconcile—may Allah reward you—this with what came from Ibn 'Abbas: ...?
The Shaykh : No, no, we know it. How? The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 25:1009 We know this, but his meaning is that there is none of the blessings in it. As for the issue of durations or areas, they are the same.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I ask how to reconcile—may Allah reward you—this with what came from Ibn 'Abbas:
That there is nothing in Paradise from what is in this world except the names.
أنه ليس في الجنة مما في الدنيا إلا الأسماءThe Shaykh : No, no, we know it. How? The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Two thousand years.
ألفي عامHe looks at His kingdom for two thousand years.
ينظر في ملكه ألفي عامThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.