English translation
4747. It was narrated that Al-Mukhtār bin Fulful said: I heard Anas bin Mālik saying: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ dozed off briefly, then he raised his head, and he was smiling. Either he spoke to them, or they said to him: “O Messenger of Allāh, why are you smiling?” and he said: “Just now a Sūrah was revealed to me.” Then he recited: “In the Name of Allāh, the Most Gracious the Most Merciful. Verily, We have granted you Al-Kawthar”[1] until its completion. When he had recited it, he said: “Do you know what Al-Kawthar is?” They said: “Allāh and His Messenger know best.” He said: “It is a river that my Lord, the Mighty and Sublime, has promised me in Paradise, in which there is much goodness, upon it is a Hawd (Cistern) to which my Ummah will come on the Day of Resurrection. Its vessels are as numerous as the stars.” (Sahih)