وَعَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ”أَنَا عَلَى الْحَوْضِ أَنْظُرُ مَنْ يَرِدُ عَلَيَّ قَالَ فَيُؤْخَذُ نَاسٌ دُونِي فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ مِنِّي وَمِنْ أُمَّتِي قَالَ فَيُقَالُ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ مَا عَمِلُوا بَعْدَكَ مَا بَرِحُوا بَعْدَكَ يَرْجِعُونَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ“ قَالَ جَابِرٌ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ ”الْحَوْضُ مَسِيرَةُ شَهْرٍ وَزَوَايَاهُ سَوَاءٌ يَعْنِي عَرْضُهُ مِثْلُ طُولِهِ وَكِيزَانُهُ مِثْلُ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ أَطْيَبُ رِيحًا مِنَ الْمِسْكِ وَأَشَدُّ بَيَاضًا مِنَ اللَّبَنِ مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ لَمْ يَظْمَأْ بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا“
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I will be sitting at the Hawd (the Pond), waiting for those who will come, when some people will be prevented from coming to me. I will say: O my Lord! These people are from me and from my Ummah. But it will be said in reply: You do not know what deeds they did after you. After you, these people kept distancing themselves from the religion. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The length of one side of the Hawd is equal to the distance of a month's journey, and both its sides are equal, meaning its width is equal to its length. The number of its drinking vessels will be as many as the stars. Its fragrance is more pleasant than musk, and its color is whiter than milk. Whoever drinks its water once, will never feel thirst again.