Volume 8, Book 76, Number 585:
Narrated Abu Hazim from Sahl bin Sa’d:
The Prophet said, “I am your predecessor (forerunner) at the Lake-Fount, and whoever will pass by
there, he will drink from it and whoever will drink from it, he will never be thirsty. There will come
to me some people whom I will recognize, and they will recognize me, but a barrier will be placed
between me and them.” Abu Hazim added: An-Nu’man bin Abi ‘Aiyash, on hearing me, said. “Did you
hear this from Sahl?” I said, “Yes.” He said, ” I bear witness that I heard Abu Said Al-Khudri saying the
same, adding that the Prophet said: ‘I will say: They are of me (i.e. my followers). It will be said, ‘You
do not know what they innovated (new things) in the religion after you left’. I will say, ‘Far removed,
far removed (from mercy), those who changed (their religion) after me.” Abu Huraira narrated that
the Prophet said, “On the Day of Resurrection a group of companions will come to me, but will be
driven away from the Lake-Fount, and I will say, ‘O Lord (those are) my companions!’ It will be said,
‘You have no knowledge as to what they innovated after you left; they turned apostate as renegades
(reverted from Islam).”
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Volume 8, Book 76, Number 586:
Narrated Ibn Al-Musaiyab:
The companions of the Prophet said, “Some men from my companions will come to my Lake-Fount
and they will be driven away from it, and I will say, ‘O Lord, my companions!’ It will be said, ‘You
have no knowledge of what they innovated after you left: they turned apostate as renegades (reverted
from Islam).
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 587:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “While I was sleeping, a group (of my followers were brought close to me), and
when I recognized them, a man (an angel) came out from amongst (us) me and them, he said (to
them), ‘Come along.’ I asked, ‘Where?’ He said, ‘To the (Hell) Fire, by Allah’ I asked, ‘what is wrong
with them’ He said, ‘They turned apostate as renegades after you left.’ Then behold! (Another) group
(of my followers) were brought close to me, and when I recognized them, a man (an angel) came out
from (me and them) he said (to them); Come along.’ I asked, “Where?’ He said, ‘To the (Hell) Fire, by
Allah.’ I asked, What is wrong with them?’ He said, ‘They turned apostate as renegades after you left.
So I did not see anyone of them escaping except a few who were like camels without a shepherd.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 588:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Between my house and my pulpit there is a garden from amongst the gardens
of Paradise, and my pulpit is over my Lake-Fount.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 589:
Narrated Jundab:
I heard the Prophet, saying, “I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount. (Al-Kauthar) .
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 590:
Narrated ‘Uqba bin ‘Amir:
Once the Prophet went out and offered the funeral prayers for the martyrs of Uhud, and then
went to the pulpit and said, “I am a predecessor for you and I am a witness for you: and by Allah, I
am looking at my Fount just now, and the keys of the treasures of the earth (or the keys of the earth)
have been given to me: and by Allah, I am not afraid that you will worship others besides Allah after
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me, but I am afraid that you will strive and struggle against each other over these treasures of the
world.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 591:
Narrated Haritha bin Wahb:
I heard the Prophet mentioning the Lake-Fount (Al-Kauthar), saying, “(The width of the Lake-
Fount) is equal to the distance between Medina and Sana’ (capital of Yemen).” Haritha said that he
heard the Prophet saying that his Lake-Fount would be as large as the distance between Sana’ and
Medina. Al-Mustaurid said to Haritha, “Didn’t you hear him talking about the vessels?” He said, “No.”
Al-Mustaurid said, “The vessels are seen in it as (numberless as) the stars.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 592:
Narrated Asma ‘bint Abu Bakr:
The Prophet said, “I will be standing at the Lake-Fount so that I will see whom among you will
come to me; and some people will be taken away from me, and I will say, ‘O Lord, (they are) from me
and from my followers.’ Then it will be said, ‘Did you notice what they did after you? By Allah, they
kept on turning on their heels (turned as renegades).’ ” The sub-narrator, Ibn Abi Mulaika said, “O
Allah, we seek refuge with You from turning on our heels, or being put to trial in our religion.”
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Book 77: Divine Will (Al-Qadar)