Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Abdullah bin Rafi’, the freed slave of the wife of the Messenger, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates from her. She says: I used to hear people mentioning the Hawd (the Prophet’s Pond), but I had not directly heard any hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on this subject. One day, my slave-girl was combing my hair when I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) call out: “O people!” I said to the slave-girl: Move back. She said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has called the men, not the women. I said: (He has called the people and) I am also among them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “I will precede you to the Hawd. Keep obeying me! Lest you come to me there and are driven away from me like a stray camel. I will ask: Why is this happening? I will be told: You do not know what innovations they introduced after you. (Upon hearing this) I will say: Destruction (be upon them).”