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muslim:2292Dāwud b. ʿAmr al-Ḍabbī > Nāfiʿ b. ʿUmar al-Jumaḥī > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

My Cistern (is as wide and broad that it requires) a month's journey (to go round it) all, and its sides are equal and its water is whiter than silver, and its odour is more fragrant than the fragrance of musk, and its jugs (placed around it) are like stars in the sky; and he who would drink from it would never feel thirsty after that. Asma', daughter of Abu Bakr said: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I would be on the Cistern so that I would be seeing those who would be coming to me from you, but some people would be detained (before reaching me). I would say: My Lord, they are my followers and belong to my Ummah, and it would be said to me: Do you know what they did after you? By Allah, they did not do good after you, and they turned back upon their heels. He (the narrator) said: lbn Abu Mulaika used to say (in supplication): O Allah, I seek refuge with Thee that we should turn back upon our heels or put to any trial about our religion.  

مسلم:٢٢٩٢وَحَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الضَّبِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْجُمَحِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَوْضِي مَسِيرَةُ شَهْرٍ وَزَوَايَاهُ سَوَاءٌ وَمَاؤُهُ أَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْوَرِقِ وَرِيحُهُ أَطْيَبُ مِنَ الْمِسْكِ وَكِيزَانُهُ كَنُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ فَمَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ فَلاَ يَظْمَأُ بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا قَالَ وَقَالَتْ أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنِّي عَلَى الْحَوْضِ حَتَّى أَنْظُرَ مَنْ يَرِدُ عَلَىَّ مِنْكُمْ وَسَيُؤْخَذُ أُنَاسٌ دُونِي فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ مِنِّي وَمِنْ أُمَّتِي فَيُقَالُ أَمَا شَعَرْتَ مَا عَمِلُوا بَعْدَكَ وَاللَّهِ مَا بَرِحُوا بَعْدَكَ يَرْجِعُونَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ قَالَ فَكَانَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ نَرْجِعَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِنَا أَوْ أَنْ نُفْتَنَ عَنْ دِينِنَا  


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bukhari:6593Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Nāfiʿ b. ʿUmar > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

The Prophet ﷺ 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."  

البخاري:٦٥٩٣حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ

عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ قَالَتْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنِّي عَلَى الْحَوْضِ حَتَّى أَنْظُرُ مَنْ يَرِدُ عَلَىَّ مِنْكُمْ وَسَيُؤْخَذُ نَاسٌ دُونِي فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ مِنِّي وَمِنْ أُمَّتِي فَيُقَالُ هَلْ شَعَرْتَ مَا عَمِلُوا بَعْدَكَ وَاللَّهِ مَا بَرِحُوا يَرْجِعُونَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ فَكَانَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ نَرْجِعَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِنَا أَوْ نُفْتَنَ عَنْ دِينِنَا {أَعْقَابِكُمْ تَنْكِصُونَ} تَرْجِعُونَ عَلَى الْعَقِبِ  

ahmad:15121Rawḥ > Zakariyyā b. Isḥāq > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "I will be at the Pond (Al-Hawd) waiting for those who come to me." He said, "People will be taken away from me, and I will say, 'O Lord, from me and my people?' It will be said, 'You do not know what they innovated after you, and they turned back on their heels.' Jabir said, "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, 'The Pond is as big as a month's journey, its corners are equal to its width, and its containers are like the stars in the sky. It is more fragrant than musk and whiter than milk. Whoever drinks from it will never thirst again.'"  

أحمد:١٥١٢١حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ 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 اللهِ ﷺ الْحَوْضُ مَسِيرَةُ شَهْرٍ وَزَوَايَاهُ سَوَاءٌ يَعْنِي عَرْضُهُ مِثْلُ طُولِهِ وَكِيزَانُهُ مِثْلُ نُجُومِالسَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ أَطْيَبُ رِيحًا مِنَ الْمِسْكِ وَأَشَدُّ بَيَاضًا مِنَ اللَّبَنِ مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ لَمْ يَظْمَأْ بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا  

tabarani:20717Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-ʿAllāf And ʿAmrū b. Abū al-Ṭāhir b. al-Sarḥ al-Miṣriyyān > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Nāfiʿ b. ʿUmar > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Asmāʾ b. Abū Bakr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I will be at my pond until I see who among you will come to me. Some people will be prevented from coming to me, and I will say, 'O Lord, my followers, my followers!' It will be said, 'You do not know what they changed after you.' By Allah, they kept reverting back on their heels." Ibn Abi Mulaykah used to say, "O Allah, we seek refuge in You from going back on our heels or changing our religion."  

الطبراني:٢٠٧١٧حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْعَلَّافُ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي الطَّاهِرِ بْنِ السَّرْحِ الْمِصْرِيَّانِ قَالَا ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنِّي عَلَى حَوْضِي حَتَّى أَنْظُرَ مَنْ يَرِدُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنِّي وَسَيَرِدُ أُنَاسٌ دُونِي فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أُمَّتِي أُمَّتِي فَيَقُولُ شَعَرْتَ مَا عَمِلُوا بَعْدَكَ وَاللهِ مَا زَالُوا يَرْجِعُونَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ فَكَانَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ نَرْجِعَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِنَا أَوْ نُغِيرَ دِينَنَا»