The hadith of ‘on what is the whale’

55. Muhammad, from Ahmad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Saleh, from Aban Bin Tabligh has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام said, ‘I asked him عليه الصلاة والسلام about the earth, which thing does it rest upon? He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘It is upon the whale’. I said, ‘So the whale, which thing does it rest upon?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Upon the water’. I said, ‘So the water, upon which thing does is rest upon?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Upon a rock’. I said, ‘So upon which thing does the rock rest upon?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Upon the horns of a bull’ I said, ‘So upon which thing does the bull rest upon?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Upon the mist’. I said, ‘So upon which thing does the mist rest upon?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘This is how far knowledge of scholars is permitted (to reveal) and beyond this is straying’.