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Sahih Muslim 2303a

Chapter: The Cistern Of Our Prophet (SAW) And Its Attributes

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 2303a

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

وَحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّحَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏

قَدْرُ حَوْضِي كَمَا بَيْنَ أَيْلَةَ وَصَنْعَاءَ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ وَإِنَّ فِيهِ مِنَ الأَبَارِيقِ كَعَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ ‏"

Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

My Cistern would be as extensive as the distance between Aila and San'a, of Yemen, and there would be in it jugs like stars in the sky.

Reported by Muslim (No. 2303a) and Al-Bukhari (No. 6580).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله فِي حَدِيث أَنَس مِنْ رِوَايَة حَرْمَلَة : ( قَدْر حَوْضِي كَمَا بَيْن أَيْلَة وَصَنْعَاء مِنْ الْيَمَن , وَإِنَّ فِيهِ مِنْ الْأَبَارِيق كَعَدَدِ نُجُوم السَّمَاء ) وَقَعَ فِي بَعْض النُّسَخ ( كَمَا ) بِالْكَافِ , وَفِي بَعْضهَا ( لِمَا ) بِاللَّامِ , وَ ( كَعَدَدِ ) بِالْكَافِ , وَفِي بَعْضهَا ( لِعَدَدِ نُجُوم السَّمَاء ) بِاللَّامِ , وَكِلَاهُمَا صَحِيح.…

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 6580

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The width of my Lake-Fount is equal to the distance between Aila (a town in Sham) and Sana' (the capital of Yemen) and it has as many (numerous) jugs as the number of stars of the sky."

إِنَّ قَدْرَ حَوْضِي كَمَا بَيْنَ أَيْلَةَ وَصَنْعَاءَ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ، وَإِنَّ فِيهِ مِنَ الأَبَارِيقِ كَعَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ‏)‏‏.‏

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

Also reported by… (3)
  • البعث والنشور للبيهقي (113)قَدْرُ حَوْضِي كَمَا بَيْنَ أَيْلَةَ , وَصَنْعَاءَ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ , وَإِنَّ فِيهِ أَبَارِيقَ بِعَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ
  • فوائد تمام الرازي (973)قَدْرَ حَوْضِي كَمَا بَيْنَ أَيْلَةَ ، وَصَنْعَاءَ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ ، وَإِنَّ فِيهِ مِنَ الأَبَارِيقِ عَدَدَ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ
  • معجم ابن المقرئ (1001)قَدْرَ حَوْضِي كَمَا بَيْنَ أَيْلَةَ وَصَنْعَاءَ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ ، وَإِنَّ فِيهِ مِنَ الآنِيَةِ بِعَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ

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Not graded Sahih al-Bukhari 6592

Haritha said that he heard the Prophet saying that his Lake-Fount would be as large as the distance between Sana' and Medina. Al- Mustaurid said to Haritha, "Didn't you hear him talking about the vessels?" He said, "No." Al- Mustaurid said, "The vessels are seen in it as (numberless as) the stars."

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 2300

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

I said: "O Messenger of Allah, what about the vessels of the Cistern?" He said: "By the One in Whose Hand the soul of Muhammad is, its vessels will outnumber the stars in the sky and its planets shining on a dark cloudless night. These will be the vessels of Paradise. He who drinks from them will…

لآنِيَتُهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ عَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ وَكَوَاكِبِهَا أَلاَ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْمُظْلِمَةِ الْمُصْحِيَةِ آنِيَةُ الْجَنَّةِ مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهَا لَمْ يَظْمَأْ آخِرَ مَا عَلَيْهِ يَشْخُبُ فِيهِ مِيزَابَانِ مِنَ…

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Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 6579

My Cistern takes a month's journey to cross it. Its water is whiter than milk, its smell is nicer than musk,

"My Cistern takes a month's journey to cross it. Its water is whiter than milk, its smell is nicer than musk, and its drinking cups are like the stars of the sky; whoever drinks from it will never become thirsty."

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