Hadith #550

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Arabic Text

‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏رَوْحٌ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ‏ ‏أَخْبَرَنِي ‏ ‏أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ‏ ‏أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ‏ ‏جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ ‏ ‏أَنَا ‏ ‏فَرَطُكُمْ ‏ ‏بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُونِي فَأَنَا عَلَى الْحَوْضِ وَالْحَوْضُ قَدْرُ مَا بَيْنَ ‏ ‏أَيْلَةَ ‏ ‏إِلَى ‏ ‏مَكَّةَ ‏ ‏وَسَيَأْتِي رِجَالٌ وَنِسَاءٌ فَلَا يَذُوقُونَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا ‏ ‏مَوْقُوفٌ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ ‏

English Translation

Rawh narrated to us, Ibn Jurayj narrated to us, Abu al-Zubayr informed me that he heard Jabir ibn Abdullah (رضي الله عنهما) — and he did not attribute it to the Prophet ﷺ — saying: 'I am your advance-guard ahead of you. If you do not find me, then I am at the Hawrd (the Pond), and the Pond is as vast as the distance between Aylah and Sana'a in Yemen, and there are pitchers in it as numerous as the stars.'

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 29, Hadith 550

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 14588

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