Darussalam · Volume 5
37. The ChaptersOn AsceticismSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4301 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1438
Source no. 4301 · Volume 9 · Page 301
Sahih
صحيح الظلال (٧٢٣)
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4301. It was narrated from Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri that the Prophet ﷺ said: "I have a Cistern, (as large as the distance) between the Ka'bah and Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem). (It is) whiter than milk, and its vessels are the number of the stars. I will be the Prophet with the most followers on the Day of Resurrection." (Sahih)
4301 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَطِيَّةُ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «إِنَّ لِي حَوْضًا مَا بَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ، وَبَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ أَبْيَضَ، مِثْلَ اللَّبَنِ، آنِيَتُهُ عَدَدُ النُّجُومِ، وَإِنِّي لَأَكْثَرُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ تَبَعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
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The Hawdh is a huge fountain tank which will be in the place where all people will be gathered for their accounts on the Day of Judgment. The Prophet ﷺ will supply water to his nation. Its width, as mentioned in this Hadith, is equal to the distance between the Ka'bah and Baitul-Maqdis. In some other Ahādīth, it is mentioned that its width is from 'Aden, a city of Yemen, to Ailah a city in Palestine (at present it is a seaport called Eilat), or from Al-Madinah to Oman, a city which is located in the south east of Saudi Arabia, or from Al-Madinah to San'ā' a city in Yemen. (See Ahādīth 4303-4304). However, aforementioned distances are not to fix its accurate width, rather to give a general idea about its huge size.