"'Umar bin 'Abdul-'Aziz summoned me so I got a ride on a mule." [He said:] "When he entered upon him, he said: 'O Commander of the Believers! My riding mule was troublesome for me.' So he said: 'O Abu Sallam!I did not want to trouble you, but a Hadith which you narrated-from Thawban, from the Prophet ﷺ about the Hawd-was conveyed to me,and I wanted you to narrate it directly to me."'Abu Sallam said: "Thawban narrated to me from The Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said 'My Hawd (is as large as) from 'Adan to 'Amman of Al-Balqa', its water is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. Its cups are as numerous as the stars, whoever drinks one drink from it, he will never be thirsty after that again. The first people to arrive at it are the poor among the Muhajirin with disheveled heads, dirty clothes, those whom the women of favor would not marry, nor would the doors be open for them.' 'Umar said: 'But I have married a women of favor and the doors are open for me. I married Fatimah bint 'Abdul-Malik. I shall certainly not wash my head until it is disheveled, nor wash my garment which touches my body until it becomes dirty." Another chain reports a similar narration.  

يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَقَدْ شَقَّ عَلَى مَرْكَبِي الْبَرِيدُ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا سَلاَّمٍ مَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَيْكَ وَلَكِنْ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ حَدِيثٌ تُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الْحَوْضِ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ تُشَافِهَنِي بِهِ قَالَ أَبُو سَلاَّمٍ حَدَّثَنِي ثَوْبَانُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ حَوْضِي مِنْ عَدَنَ إِلَى عَمَّانَ الْبَلْقَاءِ مَاؤُهُ أَشَدُّ بَيَاضًا مِنَ اللَّبَنِ وَأَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ وَأَكَاوِيبُهُ عَدَدُ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ شَرْبَةً لَمْ يَظْمَأْ بَعْدَهَا أَبَدًا أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ وُرُودًا عَلَيْهِ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ الشُّعْثُ رُءُوسًا الدُّنْسُ ثِيَابًا الَّذِينَ لاَ يَنْكِحُونَ الْمُتَنَعِّمَاتِ وَلاَ تُفْتَحُ لَهُمُ السُّدَدُ قَالَ عُمَرُ لَكِنِّي نَكَحْتُ الْمُتَنَعِّمَاتِ وَفُتِحَ لِيَ السُّدَدُ وَنَكَحْتُ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ لاَ جَرَمَ أَنِّي لاَ أَغْسِلُ رَأْسِي حَتَّى يَشْعَثَ وَلاَ أَغْسِلُ ثَوْبِي الَّذِي يَلِي جَسَدِي حَتَّى يَتَّسِخَ  

“Umar bin ‘Abdul-‘Aziz sent for me and I came to him upon the riding animal prepared for swift mail delivery. When I came to him, he said: ‘We have caused you some trouble O Abu Sallam.’ He said: ‘Yes, by Allah, O Commander of the Believers!’ He said: ‘By Allah, we did not want to cause you any hardship, but there is a Hadith which I have heard that you narrate from Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, concerning the Cistern, and I wanted to hear it directly from you.’ He said: “I said: ‘Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “My Cistern is (wider than) the distance between Ailah and ‘Aden. It is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey, and its cups are as many as the stars in the sky. Whoever drinks from it will never feel thirst again. The first ones who come to drink from it will be the poor Muhajirin, with dirty clothes and disheveled hair, who do not marry refined women and for whom no doors are opened.” ‘Umar wept until his beard became wet, then he said: ‘But I have married refined women and doors have been opened for me. Certainly I will not wash the clothes that are on my body until they become dirt, and I will not comb my hair until it becomes disheveled.’”  

لَقَدْ شَقَقْنَا عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا سَلاَّمٍ فِي مَرْكَبِكَ قَالَ أَجَلْ وَاللَّهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَرَدْتُ الْمَشَقَّةَ عَلَيْكَ وَلَكِنْ حَدِيثٌ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تُحَدِّثُ بِهِ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْحَوْضِ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ تُشَافِهَنِي بِهِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ حَدَّثَنِي ثَوْبَانُ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ حَوْضِي مَا بَيْنَ عَدَنَ إِلَى أَيْلَةَ أَشَدُّ بَيَاضًا مِنَ اللَّبَنِ وَأَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ أَوَانِيهِ كَعَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ شَرْبَةً لَمْ يَظْمَأْ بَعْدَهَا أَبَدًا وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يَرِدُهُ عَلَىَّ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ الدُّنْسُ ثِيَابًا وَالشُّعْثُ رُءُوسًا الَّذِينَ لاَ يَنْكِحُونَ الْمُنَعَّمَاتِ وَلاَ يُفْتَحُ لَهُمُ السُّدَدُ قَالَ فَبَكَى عُمَرُ حَتَّى اخْضَلَّتْ لِحْيَتُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَكِنِّي قَدْ نَكَحْتُ الْمُنَعَّمَاتِ وَفُتِحَتْ لِيَ السُّدَدُ لاَ جَرَمَ أَنِّي لاَ أَغْسِلُ ثَوْبِي الَّذِي عَلَى جَسَدِي حَتَّى يَتَّسِخَ وَلاَ أَدْهُنُ رَأْسِي حَتَّى يَشْعَثَ  

“Umar bin ‘Abdul-‘Aziz sent for me and I came to him upon the riding animal prepared for swift mail delivery. When I came to him, he said: ‘We have caused you some trouble O Abu Sallam.’ He said: ‘Yes, by Allah, O Commander of the Believers!’ He said: ‘By Allah, we did not want to cause you any hardship, but there is a Hadith which I have heard that you narrate from Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, concerning the Cistern, and I wanted to hear it directly from you.’ He said: “I said: ‘Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “My Cistern is (wider than) the distance between Ailah and ‘Aden. It is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey, and its cups are as many as the stars in the sky. Whoever drinks from it will never feel thirst again. The first ones who come to drink from it will be the poor Muhajirin, with dirty clothes and disheveled hair, who do not marry refined women and for whom no doors are opened.” ‘Umar wept until his beard became wet, then he said: ‘But I have married refined women and doors have been opened for me. Certainly I will not wash the clothes that are on my body until they become dirt, and I will not comb my hair until it becomes disheveled.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4303)   

فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَيْهِ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ سَلَّمَ وَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَقَدْ شَقَّ عَلَى رِجْلِي مَرْكَبِي مِنَ الْبَرِيدِ قَالَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ كَالْمُتَوَجِّعِ مَا أَرَدْنَا الْمَشَقَّةَ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا سَلَّامٍ وَلَكِنْ بَلَغَنِي حَدِيثٌ تُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْحَوْضِ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ تُشَافِهَنِي بِهِ مُشَافَهَةً قَالَ أَبُو سَلَّامٍ سَمِعْتُ ثَوْبَانَ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «حَوْضِي مَا بَيْنَ عَدَنٍ إِلَى عُمَانَ الْبَلْقَاءِ مَاؤُهُ أَشَدُّ بَيَاضًا مِنَ اللَّبَنِ وَأَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ وَأَكْوَابُهُ عَدَدُ النُّجُومِ مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ شَرْبَةً لَمْ يَظْمَأْ بَعْدَهَا أَبَدًا أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ وُرُودًا عَلَيْهِ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينِ الشُّعْثُ رُءُوسًا الدُّنْسُ ثِيَابًا الَّذِينَ لَا يَنْكِحُونَ الْمُنَعَّمَاتِ وَلَا تُفْتَحُ لَهُمُ السُّدَدُ» قَالَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ «لَكِنِّي قَدْ نَكَحْتُ الْمُنَعَّمَاتِ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ وَفُتِحَتْ لِي السُّدَدُ لَا جَرَمَ أَنِّي لَا أَغْسِلُ رَأْسِي حَتَّى يَشْعَثَ وَلَا ثَوْبِيَ الَّذِي يَلِي جَسَدِي حَتَّى يَتَّسِخَ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, my pool is between Aden and Oman, its cups are the number of stars, and its water is whiter than snow and sweeter than honey. The first to drink from it will be the poor among the emigrants." We asked, "O Messenger of Allah, describe them to us." He said, "They are those with disheveled hair and dirty clothes, who do not marry those who refuse and are not given access to the doors of the generous ones. They give what is upon them but are not given what is for them."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ حَوْضِي مَا بَيْنَ عَدْنٍ إِلَى عُمَانَ أَكْوَابُهُ عَدَدُ النُّجُومِ وَمَاؤُهُ أَشَدُّ بَيَاضًا مِنَ الثَّلْجِ وَأَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَرِدُهُ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ» قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صِفْهُمْ لَنَا قَالَ «شُعْثُ الرُّءُوسِ دَنَسُ الثِّيَابِ الَّذِينَ لَا يَنْكِحُونَ الْمُتَمَنِّعَاتِ وَلَا تُفْتَحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ السُّدَدِ الَّذِينَ يُعْطُونَ مَا عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا يُعْطُونَ مَا لَهُمْ»  

"حَوْضِى مِنْ عَدَنَ إِلى عُمانَ البلْقَاءِ، ماؤه أَشُدُّ بياضًا من اللبنِ، وأَحلى من العسل، وأَكْوابهُ عددُ نجُومِ السماءِ، من شَرِب منه شَرْبةً لم يظمأ بعدهَا أَبدًا، أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ وُرُدًا عليه فقراءُ المهاجرين، الشُّعْثُ رءُوسًا، الدُّنْسُ ثِيابًا، الذين لا ينْكحون المُتَنَعِّماتِ، ولَا تُفْتَحُ لهم السُّدُدُ".  

"إِنَّ حَوْضِى من عَدَنَ إِلى عَمَّانَ الْبلْقَاءَ، ماؤُهُ أَشَدُّ بَيَاضًا منَ

الَّلبَنِ، وأَحلِى مِنَ العَسَل، أَكَاويبُه عدَدُ النجوم، منْ شَرب منه شربةً لم يظمأ بعدها أَبدًا، أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ وُرُودًا عليه فُقَراءُ المهاجرين الشُّعْثُ رُؤُوسًا، الدُّنْسُ ثيابًا، الذين لا يَنْكحُونَ الْمُتَمَنِّعَاتِ، ولا تُفْتَحُ لهم السُّدُدُ، الذين يُعْطُونَ الحقَّ الذى عليهم، ولا يُعْطَوْن الذى لهم ".