In the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that (the distance from the lobe of the disbeliever's ear to his shoulder is seven hundred years), how can we reconcile the two hadiths?
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The questioner : In the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that how can we reconcile the two hadiths?
The Shaykh : Where did you mention the hadith?
The questioner : He mentioned it in the commentary.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what does it say?
The questioner : It says:Mishkat al-Masabih 5690
The Shaykh : Who is it from?
The questioner : From Ahmad.
The Shaykh : From Ahmad, and what is its chain of narration?
The questioner : The narration from Ahmad in the hadith of Ibn 'Umar, traced to the Prophet:Mishkat al-Masabih 5690 And in al-Zuhd by Ibn al-Mubarak, with a sound chain, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: It has the status of being traced to the Prophet because there is no room for opinion in it, and the reports on this matter are numerous...
The Shaykh : Its status is that it is traced to the Prophet.
The Shaykh : Do you have anything yourself?
The questioner : No, it is brief, but the cause mentioned was reported as traced to the Prophet.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : I say the cause mentioned says: they are enlarged so that it may be filled. It was mentioned as traced to the Prophet. He said:
The Shaykh : Yes, praise be to Allah, this is from the success of Allah. Now, it appears that if the hadith of Ahmad is authentic, then, and Allah knows best, it is either after their entry into it, or that this is in width and that is in length. Because the distance from the earlobe to the shoulder is in length, and the distance between the shoulders is in width. So this is an allusion to the length of their necks. Yes, we have taken three.
The questioner : What is the question, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Instruction.
The questioner : No, no.
The Shaykh : Hmm, the lesson is either a question or instruction.
The questioner : No, what I mentioned, O Shaykh, is instruction. This is what I mentioned to a group; I mentioned two opinions in it: either that the estimation in it is of the sun.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : This is an opinion.
The Shaykh : Yes, a possibility is not an opinion. This is from me.
The questioner : And which is closer?
The Shaykh : The closest to me is that it is by way of hypothesis.
The distance from the lobe of the disbeliever's ear to his shoulder is seven hundred years.
بين شحمة أذن الكافر إلى عاتقه سبع مائة عامThe Shaykh : Where did you mention the hadith?
The questioner : He mentioned it in the commentary.
The Shaykh : Yes, and what does it say?
The questioner : It says:
The inhabitants of hell will become huge in hell so that the space between the lobe of the ear and the shoulder of one of them will be a journey of seven hundred years
يعظم أهل النار في النار حتى أن بين شحمة أذن أحدهم إلى عاتقه مسيرة سبعمائة عامThe Shaykh : Who is it from?
The questioner : From Ahmad.
The Shaykh : From Ahmad, and what is its chain of narration?
The questioner : The narration from Ahmad in the hadith of Ibn 'Umar, traced to the Prophet:
The inhabitants of hell will become huge in hell so that the space between the lobe of the ear and the shoulder of one of them will be a journey of seven hundred years
يعظم أهل النار في النار حتى إن بين شحمة أذن أحدهم إلى عاتقه مسيرة سبعمائة عامThe tooth of the disbeliever on the Day of Resurrection is greater than al-Uhd. They are enlarged so that it may be filled with them and so that they may taste the punishment.
ضرس الكافر يوم القيامة أعظم من أحد يعظمون لتمتلىء منهم وليذوقوا العذابThe Shaykh : Its status is that it is traced to the Prophet.
The Shaykh : Do you have anything yourself?
The questioner : No, it is brief, but the cause mentioned was reported as traced to the Prophet.
The Shaykh : Ah?
The questioner : I say the cause mentioned says: they are enlarged so that it may be filled. It was mentioned as traced to the Prophet. He said:
The Shaykh : Yes, praise be to Allah, this is from the success of Allah. Now, it appears that if the hadith of Ahmad is authentic, then, and Allah knows best, it is either after their entry into it, or that this is in width and that is in length. Because the distance from the earlobe to the shoulder is in length, and the distance between the shoulders is in width. So this is an allusion to the length of their necks. Yes, we have taken three.
The questioner : What is the question, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Instruction.
The questioner : No, no.
The Shaykh : Hmm, the lesson is either a question or instruction.
The questioner : No, what I mentioned, O Shaykh, is instruction. This is what I mentioned to a group; I mentioned two opinions in it: either that the estimation in it is of the sun.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : This is an opinion.
The Shaykh : Yes, a possibility is not an opinion. This is from me.
The questioner : And which is closer?
The Shaykh : The closest to me is that it is by way of hypothesis.