It was narrated from ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: “Ahead of you lies a Cistern like (the distance) between Jarba and Adhrah, in which there are jugs like the stars of the sky. Whoever come to it and drinks from it will never be thirsty again.”

وحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَمَامَكُمْ حَوْضًا كَمَا بَيْنَ جَرْبَاءَ وَأَذْرُحَ ، فِيهِ أَبَارِيقُ كَنُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ مَنْ وَرَدَهُ فَشَرِبَ مِنْهُ لَمْ يَظْمَأْ بَعْدَهَا أَبَدًا.

It was narrated that Abu Dharr said: “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what are the vessels of the Cistern?’ He said: ‘By the One is Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, its vessels are more plants in the sky, nay! On a dark and cloudless night. The vessels of Paradise, whoever drinks from them will never be thirsty again. There flow into it two spouts from Paradise, and whoever drinks from it will never he thirsty again. It is as wide as it is ‘Amman and Aylah. Its water is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey.”

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ الْمَكِّيُّ ، وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ , قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ : أَخْبَرَنَا ، وقَالَ الآخَرَانِ : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ الْعَمِّيُّ ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، مَا آنِيَةُ الْحَوْضِ قَالَ : وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَآنِيَتُهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ عَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ وَكَوَاكِبِهَا ، أَلاَ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْمُظْلِمَةِ الْمُصْحِيَةِ ، آنِيَةُ الْجَنَّةِ مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهَا لَمْ يَظْمَأْ آخِرَ مَا عَلَيْهِ ، يَشْخَبُ فِيهِ مِيزَابَانِ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ ، مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ لَمْ يَظْمَأْ ، عَرْضُهُ مِثْلُ طُولِهِ ، مَا بَيْنَ عَمَّانَ إِلَى أَيْلَةَ ، مَاؤُهُ أَشَدُّ بَيَاضًا مِنَ اللَّبَنِ ، وَأَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ.

It was narrated from Thawban that the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w) said: “I will be at my Cistern pushing crowds of people of Yemen to reach it, and I will strike with my stick until it flows for them.” He was asked how wide it is, and he said: “From where I am standing ‘Amman.” He was asked about its drink and he said: “It is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. Two spouts that originate from Paradise lead into it, one of gold and one of silver.”

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ الْمِسْمَعِيُّ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، وَأَلْفَاظُهُمْ مُتَقَارِبَةٌ ، قَالُوا : حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ ، عَنْ مَعْدَانَ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْيَعْمَرِيِّ ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ ، أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : إِنِّي لَبِعُقْرِ حَوْضِي أَذُودُ النَّاسَ لأَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ , أَضْرِبُ بِعَصَايَ حَتَّى يَرْفَضَّ عَلَيْهِمْ . فَسُئِلَ عَنْ عَرْضِهِ فَقَالَ : مِنْ مَقَامِي إِلَى عَمَّانَ وَسُئِلَ عَنْ شَرَابِهِ فَقَالَ : أَشَدُّ بَيَاضًا مِنَ اللَّبَنِ ، وَأَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ ، يَغُتُّ فِيهِ مِيزَابَانِ يَمُدَّانِهِ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ ، أَحَدُهُمَا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ ، وَالآخَرُ مِنْ وَرِقٍ.

The Hadith of the Cistern was narrated from Thawban, from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w). I said Yahya bin Hammad (a narrator): “Did you hear this Hadith from Abu Awanah?” He said: “I also heard it from Shu’bah.” I said: “Look at it for me.” So he looked for me, then he narrated it to me.

وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ ، عَنْ مَعْدَانَ ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدِيثَ الْحَوْضِ. فَقُلْتُ: لِيَحْيَى بْنِ حَمَّادٍ : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ ، فَقَالَ: وَسَمِعْتُهُ أَيْضًا مِنْ شُعْبَةَ فَقُلْتُ: انْظُرْ لِي فِيهِ ، فَنَظَرَ لِي فِيهِ فَحَدَّثَنِي بِهِ.

Anas bin Malik narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w) said: “Some of those who accompanied me will come to me at the Cistern, and when I see them and they come close to me, they will be taken away before they reach me. I will say: ‘O Lord, my companions, my companions!’ but it will be said to me: ‘You do not know what they introduced after you were gone.”’

وحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الصَّفَّارُ ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الْعَزِيزِ بْنَ صُهَيْبٍ ، يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : لَيَرِدَنَّ عَلَيَّ الْحَوْضَ رِجَالٌ مِمَّنْ صَاحَبَنِي ، حَتَّى إِذَا رَأَيْتُهُمْ وَرُفِعُوا إِلَيَّ اخْتُلِجُوا دُونِي ، فَلأَقُولَنَّ : أَيْ رَبِّ أُصَيْحَابِي ، أُصَيْحَابِي ، فَلَيُقَالَنَّ لِي : إِنَّكَ لاَ تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ.

It was narrated that ‘Amir bin Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas said: “I wrote to Jabir bin Samurah (and sent it) with my slave Nafi’ (saying): ‘Tell me of something that you heard from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w).’ He wrote to me (saying): ‘I heard him say: “I will be the first one to reach the Cistern.”

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، قَالاَ : حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، عَنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ بْنِ مِسْمَارٍ ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ ، قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ مَعَ غُلاَمِي نَافِعٍ ، أَخْبِرْنِي بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: أَنَا الْفَرَطُ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ.

It was narrated that Sa’d said: “On the Day of Uhud I was on the right side of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and on his left were two men wearing white garments, and I never saw them before or since, meaning Jibril and Mika’il.”

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ ، وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ ، قَالَ : رَأَيْتُ عَنْ يَمِينِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ رَجُلَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا ثِيَابُ بَيَاضٍ ، مَا رَأَيْتُهُمَا قَبْلُ وَلاَ بَعْدُ ، يَعْنِي جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ.

It was narrated that Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas said: “On the Day of Uhud I was no the right of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and on his left were two men wearing white garments, fighting fiercely for him. And I never saw them before or since.”

وحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدٌ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ ، قَالَ : لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ عَنْ يَمِينِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ رَجُلَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا ثِيَابٌ بِيضٌ ، يُقَاتِلاَنِ عَنْهُ كَأَشَدِّ الْقِتَالِ مَا رَأَيْتُهُمَا قَبْلُ وَلاَ بَعْدُ.

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said: “The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) was the best of people, and he was the most generous of people and the most courageous of people. One night the people of Al-Madinah were in a state of panic, and some went out towards the noise. They were met by the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), who was coming back, as he had gone towards the noise before them. He was riding the horse of Abu Talhah bareback, with his sword around his neck, and he said: ‘Do not be afraid, do not be afraid.’ And he said: ‘We found it (the horse) to be swift-footed” or, ‘It is swift-footed.”’ He said: “And it was horse that was known to be slow.”

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ ، وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، وَأَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الْعَتَكِيُّ ، وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ ، وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَحْيَى قَالَ يَحْيَى : أَخْبَرَنَا ، وقَالَ الآخَرَانِ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، قَالَ : كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ ، وَكَانَ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ ، وَكَانَ أَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ وَلَقَدْ فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ ، فَانْطَلَقَ نَاسٌ قِبَلَ الصَّوْتِ ، فَتَلَقَّاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَاجِعًا ، وَقَدْ سَبَقَهُمْ إِلَى الصَّوْتِ ، وَهُوَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْيٍ ، فِي عُنُقِهِ السَّيْفُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: لَمْ تُرَاعُوا ، لَمْ تُرَاعُوا قَالَ: وَجَدْنَاهُ بَحْرًا ، أَوْ إِنَّهُ لَبَحْرٌ. قَالَ: وَكَانَ فَرَسًا يُبَطَّأُ.

It was narrated that Anas said: “There was a disturbance in Al-Madinah, and the Prophet (s.a.w) borrowed a horse belonging to Abu Talhah that was called Mandub, and rode it. He said: ‘We have not seen any cause for panic, and we have found it (the horse) to be swift-footed.”’

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، قَالَ: كَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَزَعٌ فَاسْتَعَارَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرَسًا لأَبِي طَلْحَةَ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَنْدُوبٌ فَرَكِبَهُ فَقَالَ: مَا رَأَيْنَا مِنْ فَزَعٍ وَإِنْ وَجَدْنَاهُ لَبَحْرًا.