Isra'il, from Abu Ishaq, from Ibn Khalifa, from 'Umar [may God be pleased with him], he said: A woman came to the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, and said: "Supplicate to God to admit me into Paradise."

So he glorified the Lord, and said: "Indeed, His Footstool is above the heavens and the earth, and He sits upon it, and there does not remain of it but the space of four fingers, - then he gestured with his fingers, bringing them together -, and indeed, it has a creaking like the creaking of a new saddle when it is mounted."

This is a Sahih (Authentic) hadith; its narrators meet the condition of al-Bukhārī and Muslim.

So it is as the Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said, and its meaning is according to what befits Him; we do not delve into that by interpreting with our opinions, nor by imagining with our desires.

The generality of the scholars from the Imams of the Muslims have recorded this hadith in their books in which they intended to transmit authentic reports, and they spoke about the reliability of its narrators and the authenticity of its route.

Among those who narrated it are: Imam Aḥmad bin Hanbal, Abu Bakr al-Khallal, and his companion Abu Bakr 'Abd al-'Aziz, and Abu 'Abdullah Ibn Batta.

Abu Muhammad al-Khallal narrated it in his book "al-Sifat".

And Abu al-Hasan al-Daraqutni narrated it in the book "al-Sifat" which he compiled, verifying its routes and preserving the integrity of its narrators; and al-Daraqutni was from the people of hadith, from the companions of al-Shāfiʿī.

And Abu al-Hasan bin al-Zaghuni recorded it in a book of his.