حَدَّثَنَا
يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ
أَبِي حَازِمٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ
سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " أَنَا فَرَطُكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ ، فَمَنْ وَرَدَهُ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ ، وَمَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ لَمْ يَظْمَأْ بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا ، لَيَرِدُ عَلَيَّ أَقْوَامٌ أَعْرِفُهُمْ وَيَعْرِفُونِي ، ثُمَّ يُحَالُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ ، قَالَ أَبُو حَازِمٍ : فَسَمِعَنِي
النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ وَأَنَا أُحَدِّثُهُمْ هَذَا ، فَقَالَ : هَكَذَا سَمِعْتَ سَهْلًا ، فَقُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : وَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ عَلَى
أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ لَسَمِعْتُهُ يَزِيدُ فِيهِ ، قَالَ : إِنَّهُمْ مِنِّي ، فَيُقَالُ : إِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا بَدَّلُوا بَعْدَكَ ، فَأَقُولُ : سُحْقًا سُحْقًا لِمَنْ بَدَّلَ بَعْدِي " .
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: I heard the Prophet saying, "I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount (Kauthar), and whoever will come to it, will drink from it, and whoever will drink from it, will never become thirsty after that. There will come to me some people whom I know and they know me, and then a barrier will be set up between me and them."
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
That is, they became apostates from Islam.
Hafiz said: In this case, there would be no problem; even if innovators (ahl al-bid‘ah) or other sinners are intended, it is possible that at that time they will be prevented from approaching the Pond.
May Allah protect us—introducing a new matter into the religion.
That is, how great a sin it is to invent an innovation (bid‘ah).
These innovators will first be brought to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and then when they are turned away, the purpose of this will be to cause them even greater distress, as it is said:
“Misfortune of fate—where did the rope break? Just a few handspans away when the rooftop was near.” Or it may be so that other Muslims may witness their predicament with their own eyes.
O Muslims! Beware of innovation (bid‘ah).
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 7050
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
1.
After the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), there are two ways in which the religion can be altered.
One is that a person becomes an apostate and turns away from it, as some people joined Musaylimah the Liar. Such accursed individuals will be completely deprived of Paradise, because they have destroyed the very foundation of the religion. The second alteration is that people will commit injustice and oppression among themselves.
Such people will be temporarily kept away from the Pond of Kawthar.
Then, after receiving their punishment or due to intercession, they will enter Paradise, because these people are not polytheists who would be entirely deprived of Paradise.
These people will be like those who commit major sins (kabirah), who will eventually be taken out of Hell.
(Fath al-Bari: 13/7)
2.
In any case, committing innovation (bid‘ah) is a very grave crime and a tremendous tribulation.
Such people will first be brought to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).
Then they will be turned away from there.
The purpose of this is that they may experience even greater distress, as it is said:
...
The misfortune of fate broke the rope of hope,
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Just a few steps remained, yet the rooftop was left unreached.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 7050