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Sunan Ibn Majah 4305

Chapter: The Cistern

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 4305

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

"‏ يُرَى فِيهِ أَبَارِيقُ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ كَعَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ ‏"

Anas bin Malik narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:

‘One can see in it (the Cistern) jugs of gold and silver, like the number of stars in the sky.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 4305), Muslim (No. 2303d) and Ahmad (No. 13009).

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4305
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4305
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Muslim The hadith No. 4305
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4305

Other versions

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  • البحر الزخار بمسند البزار 10-13 (2528)يَرَى فِيهِ أَبَارِيقَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ عَدَدَ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ يَعْنِي الْحَوْضَ
  • البعث والنشور للبيهقي (109)يُرَى فِيهِ أَبَارِيقُ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ كَعَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ
  • الزهد لهناد بن السري (136)تُرَى فِيهِ أَبَارِيقُ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ عَدَدَ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ
  • صحيح ابن حبان (6592)تُرَى فِيهِ أَبَارِيقُ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ كَعَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ
  • مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي (3154)يُرَى فِيهِ أَبَارِيقُ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ كَعَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ

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By the One in Whose Hand the soul of Muhammad is, its vessels will outnumber the stars in the sky and its planets

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