9. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid said: Ahmad ibn Idris said, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad, on the authority of al-Sayyari, on the authority of `Abd Allah ibn Hammad, on the authority of Jamil ibn Durraj that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq . “Are there oceans in heaven?” He replied, Yes. My father related to me, on the authority of his father, and he on the authority of his grandfather that the Messenger of Allah said:

Verily, in the seven heavens there are oceans, the depths of which are like the distance traveled over the course of five hundred years. In them are angels who have been standing in service since they were created by Allah, the Mighty and High. The water barely reaches their knees. There is not an angel among them but that he has fourteen hundred wings. On each wing, there are four faces. On each face there are four tongues. And there is no a single wing or a single tongue or a single mouth but this it glorifies Allah, the Mighty and High, with a glorification that does not resemble in any way the prayers of the others.