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905. It was narrated that Anas bin Mālik said: "One day when he - the Prophet ﷺ - was still among us, he took a nap, then he raised his head, smiling. We said to him: 'Why are you smiling, O Messenger of Allāh?' He said: 'Just now this Sūrah was revealed to me:
In the Name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Verily, We have granted you (O Muḥammad) Al-Kawthar.
Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice (to Him only).
For he who hates you, he will be cut off.[1]
Then he said: 'Do you know what Al-Kawthar is?' We said: 'Allāh and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'It is a river that my Lord has promised me in Paradise. Its vessels are more than the number of the stars. My Ummah will come to me, then a man among them will be pulled away and I will say: "O Lord, he is one of my Ummah" and He will say to me: 'You do not know what he did after you were gone.' (Saḥīh)
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[1] Al-Kawthar 108:1-3.
Commentary
1. Concerning the explanation or Tafsîr of A-Kawthar (the plentifulness or abundance) described in Surat Al-Kawthar, there is a difference of opinion among scholars. Different scholarly Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and the successors, etc., have advanced its different explanations, but by means of this sacred narration, its explanation has become known from the sacred utterances of the Prophet ﷺ himself. It is a river in Paradise, which has been promised to the Prophet ﷺ. It is extremely vast and wide. Its length and width are equal. Its pitchers and goblets are more than the stars in the sky. There is an explicit mention in some Hadîth that whoever drinks water from this river will never thirst again. Its water is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. Its fragrance is more pleasant than that of musk. (Sahîh Al-Bukhârî: 6579; Sahîh Muslim: 2292)
2. This Hadîth also proves the permissibility of sleeping in the mosque, because it follows from some narrations that this incident took place in the mosque. There is in it mention of the Prophet's ﷺ climbing the Minbar (Sahîh Muslim: 2296). This Hadîth further shows that one may sleep in the presence of his friends and loved ones.
3. "After you": it might be indicative of apostasy or the initiation of innovations. And Allâh knows best!
4. Innovation is such a grave crime that on the Day of Resurrection the innovator will be driven away from the Kawthar pond.
