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[Furthermore, Ibn Is-ḥaaq (2/35) reported with a “Ṣaḥeeḥ” chain, on the authority of<br />
Anas Ibn Maalik ُاهلل ُعنه ,رضي the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah ﷺ was asked: ‘What is al-<br />
Kawthar?’ He ﷺ said: ❝That is a river which <strong>Al</strong>laah has given to me❞- that is, in<br />
Paradise - ❝which is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey, and in it are birds<br />
whose necks are like the necks of camels.❞ `Umar رضيُاهللُعنه said: “Indeed this is plump<br />
and luxurious then.” So the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>laah ﷺ said: ❝Those who consume it<br />
are more plumb than it.❞ 312<br />
Ibn Is-ḥaaq also said: I also heard in this Ḥadeeth or in another one that he ﷺ said:<br />
❝and whoever drinks from it, will never be thirsty.❞] 313<br />
I (Ibn Katheer) say: <strong>Al</strong>laah تعاىل said:<br />
﴿وَلَقَد ُُك ذِّبَت ُُر س لُُمِّنُقَب لِكَُُفَصَبَر واُعَلَىُُمَاُك ذِّب واُوَأ وذ وُاُحَّتَّىُُأَتَاه م ُُنَص ر نَاُُۖوَّلَُُم بَدِّلَُُلِكَلِمَاتُُِ<br />
اللَّهُُُِۖوَلَقَد ُُجَاءَكَُُمِنُنَّبَُُِال م ر سَلِنيَُ﴾<br />
{Verily, (many) Messengers were denied before you (O Muḥammad), but they bore<br />
the denial with patience, and they were harmed, till Our help reached them, and<br />
312 I (al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee) say: This was reported in Musnad Aḥmad (13306, 13480, 13484), Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2542)<br />
and he graded it as “Ḥasan”, and by al-Ḥaakim (3978). [TN: Shaikh al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee graded it as “Ḥasan Ṣaḥeeḥ”.]<br />
(Shaikh al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee adds): In another narration in Musnad Aḥmad, it is mentioned as Abu Bakr instead of `Umar,<br />
and this is rejected; and there is still another narration but its chain is “Ḍha`eef”. [TN: See Musnad Aḥmad (13311,<br />
13475)]<br />
313 I (al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee) said: These are part of the Aḥaadeeth of the Prophet’s cistern which are reported from a group<br />
of Companions, as mentioned in the “Ṣaḥeeḥain” and in other books of Ḥadeeth. And they have been mentioned<br />
in “Ẓhilaal al-Jannah” (728). What is mentioned within the brackets is addition from “al-<strong>Seerah</strong>” (of Ibn Is-ḥaaq).<br />
[TN: Some of the narrations reported in the Ṣaḥeeḥain are:<br />
Narrated Anas Ibn Maalik :رضيُاهللُعنه <strong>Al</strong>laah’s Messenger ﷺ said: ❝The width of my Hauḍh (Lake) is equal to the<br />
distance between Aylah (a town in Shaam) and Sana`aa’ (the capital of Yemen) and it has as many (numerous)<br />
jugs as the number of stars of the sky.❞ [Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (6580) and Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (2303-39, 40) and<br />
[رضيُاهللُعنه Muslim (2305-44) from the narration of Jaabir Ibn Samurah<br />
Narrated `Abdullaah Ibn `Amr :رضيُاهللُعنهما The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝My Hauḍh (Lake) is (so large that it takes) a<br />
month’s journey to cross it. Its water is whiter than milk, and its smell is nicer than musk (a kind of Perfume),<br />
and its drinking cups are (as numerous) as the (number of) stars of the sky; and whoever drinks from it, will<br />
never be thirsty.❞ [Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (6579, 6583) and Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (2290-26)]]<br />
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