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Another Chain From Abu Hurairah 4

Abu Hurairah 4 related that the Prophet #% said, “I will drive men away from my Haud just as stranger camels are driven away (from one’s basin),” (Muslim)

Another Chain From Abu Hurairah +

Abu Hurairah # related that the Messenger of Allah #% said, “Indeed my Haud is farther (from one end to the other) than is Ailah to ‘Adan, (Its drink) is whiter than snow and sweeter than honey with milk. Its cups are more numerous than the number of stars. Indeed, I will drive people away from it, just as a man drives away the camels of (other) people away from his Haud (basin).” The Companions said, “O Messenger of Allah, will you know us at that time?” He 2% said, “Yes, you will have countenances that will not be for anyone from the (other) Nations. You will come to me Ghurr (whiteness in the forehead; the faces of the believers will shine on the Day of Resurrection), Muhajjaloon (the places they wash in their Wudoo, ablution, will shine) from the effects of Al-Wudoo (the ablution).” (Muslim) And Allah 3% knows best.

Another Chain From Abu Hurairah 2

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Rather, the word ‘sugar’ has been related by Al-Baihagee in a hadith that is in the chapter of Al-Waleemah and An-Nithaar: “The Messenger of Allah #% attended a (marriage) contract, and trays of walnuts and sugar were brought...” (Al-Baihaqee) And it is very much Ghareeb.

Another Chain From Abu Hurairah

Abu Hurairah 4 would relate that the Messenger of Allah #¢ said, “A group from my Companions will come to me on the Day of Resurrection, and they will be driven far away from my Haud (some scholars say that this refers to those who apostatized during the caliphate of Abu Bakr 4). I will say, ‘O my Lord, my Companions.’ He ## will say, ‘Indeed you do not know what they Ahdathoo (perpetrated in terms of sins) after you; verily, they turned on their heels, moving backwards.’” (Bukhaaree)

Abu Hurairah 4 said, “It as if ! am with you, advancing to the Haud. Aman will meet another man and say, ‘Did you drink?’ He will say, *Yes.’ And a man will meet another man and say, ‘How thirsty I am!’”” (Related by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa)

The Narration Of Asmaa Bint Abee Bakr As-Siddeeq

Asmaa Bint Abee Bakr # related that the Prophet #8 said, “I will be at the Haud, seeing those who come to me from you. People will be taken before (they reach me), and I will say, ‘O my Lord, they are from me and from my nation.’ It will be said, ‘Did you know what they did after you? By Allah, they continued to return upon their heels.” (Bukhaaree) Ion Abee Maleekah would say, “O Allah, I seek refuge in you from returning upon our heels or from being put to trial in our Religion.” (Muslim)

The Narration Of The Mother Of The Believers, ‘Aisha Bint As-Siddeeq a

upon it are cups that are equal in number to the stars.” (AlBaihaqee) Bukhaaree related it as well.

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midst of his Companions, she 4 heard him say, “Indeed I will be at the Haud, waiting for those from you who will come to me. Then, by Allah, men will be cut off and prevented before me. I will say, ‘O my Lord, (they are) from me and from my Nation,’ He %% will say, ‘Verily, you do not know what they did after you. They continued to go back on their heels.” (Muslim) And it is only Allah 3 Who guides one to what is correct.

We have now come to an end of the Mutawaatir nazrations that describe the huge Haud — and the one waiting there will be Muhammad 2g; it is from the drink of Paradise, from the river of AlKeuthar; that drink is whiter than milk, colder than snow (or ice), sweeter than honey, and purer in fragrance than musk; it fills one in the most superlative sense; its width and length are equal; each corner (to another of its corners) is one month’s traveling distance; plants will grow on its surface of musk (the best kind of perfume); and its small pebbles are pearls. How perfect Allah is, the Creator, Who is able to do ail things! None has the right to be worshipped but Him a%, and there is no deity worthy of worship save Him #8.

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For Every Prophet #% There Is A Haud (Basin), But The Haud Of Our Prophet #% Is The Greatest Of Them, The Most Honored Of Them, And The One That Has The Most People Coming To Drink From It

Abu Sa’eed & related that the Messenger of Allah 2 said, “Indeed I have a Haud (Basin), which is (in size) like the distance between the Ka’bah and Jerusalem. (Its drink) is whiter than milk, and its cups are in number equal to the stars. Every Prophet invites his Nation, and for every Prophet there is a Haud. Among them is he who has a large group coming to him; among them is he who has a group coming to him; among them is he who has a small group coming to him; among them is he who has two people coming to him; and (among them is he who has) one man (coming to him); and among them is he who has no one coming to him (in terms of followers). Then it will be said, ‘Indeed you have conveyed.’ And verily, among the Prophets, I will have the largest following on the Day of Resurrection.” (Related by Al-Haafiz Abu Bakr Ibn Abee AdDunyaa in Kitaab Al-Ahwaal) Ibn Maajah related the same from Abu Sa’eed. And Allah 8% knows best what is correct.

The Auliyaa Of Allah (Islamic Monotheists Who Love, Fear, And Hope From Allah, Doing Good Deeds, And Abstaining from Evil Ones) Will Come To Drink From The Basins OF Allah’s Prophets 2

Ibn ‘Abbaas # said, “The Messenger of Allah #% was asked about when (people will be) standing before the Lord of all that exists - during that period, will there be water? He 2% said, ‘Certainly, by the One Who has my soul in His Hand, there will be water during that period. Verily the Auliyaa of Allah (Islamic Monotheists who love, fear, and hope from Allah, doing good deeds, and abstaining from evil ones) will come to drink from the Hauds (Basins) of the Prophets. And Allah @ will send 70,000 Angels, in whose hands there will be rods from the Hellfire; they will be driving away the disbelievers from the Basins of the Prophets.”” (Related by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa) Through the chain of this narration, the hadith is Ghareeb; it is not mentioned in any of the “Six Books.” We have hitherto mentioned the narration of At-Tirmidhee, in which

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Al-Hasan Al-Basree said, “The Messenger of Allah 2 said, ‘When you lose me (i.e. when J die), (know) that I will then be your Farat (predecessor, the one who will precede you) to the Haud (Basin). For every Prophet there is a Haud, with each one standing at his Basin, having a rod in his hand, calling all those he knows from his nation. Lo! They will indeed vie with one another to see who among them has the most followers. And by the One Who has my soul in His Hand, I indeed hope to have the most followers among them.” (Related by Ibn Abee Ad-Dunyaa) This narration is Mursal from AlHasan, and the grading of the narration is Hasan, though Yahyaa Tbn Sa’eed Al-Qattaan has ruled that it is authentic. Our Shaikh, AlMizzee, ruled that it is authentic from these chains.