Why the sun is hotter than the moon

332. Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Hassaan, from Ali Bin Abu Al-Nawaar, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said: I said to Abu Ja’far عليه الصلاة والسلام, ‘May I be sacrificed for you عليه الصلاة والسلام. Which is that thing which makes the sun to be hotter than the moon?’ So he عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Allah عز وجل Created the sun from the light of the fire and clearness of the water, a layer from this and a layer from this until there were seven layers, then clothed it with a clothing from the fire. Then it became hotter than the moon’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you, and the moon?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Allah عز وجل Created the moon from the illumination of the light of the fire and clearness of the water, a layer from this and a layer from this until there were seven layers, then clothed it in a clothing of water, so the moon became colder than the sun’.