The Meaning of `His Knowledge Extend over the Heavens and the Earth’

3. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid رضي الله عنه said: Muhammad ibn al-Hasan alSaffar said: Ya`qub ibn Yazid said, on the authority of Hammad ibn `Isa, on the authority of Rabi`I, on the authority of Fjudayl ibn Yasar that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq عليه السلام about the Word of Allah, the Mighty and High: His knowledge extends over the heaves and the earth.’ Consequently, he عليه السلام replied, “O Fudayl! The heavens and the earth and everything between them, are in the Throne.”