Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My Ummah will come to me at the Hawd (the Pond). I will drive away some people from it just as a man drives away the camels of others from his own camels." The Companions asked: "O Messenger of Allah! Will you recognize us?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, you will have a sign that no one else will have. You will come to me with your foreheads, hands, and feet shining due to the effects of ablution. But a group among you will be prevented from reaching me; they will not be able to reach me. I will say: 'O my Lord! These are my companions.' An angel will reply to me: 'Do you know what they innovated after you (in the religion)?'"

The wife of the Messenger, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates from her slave Abdullah bin Rafi’, who says: She said,“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, and I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: ‘O people!’ I said to the slave-girl: Move back. She said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) has called the men, not the women. I said: (He has called the people and) I am one of 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 like a stray camel (kept away from me). I will ask: Why is this happening? I will be told in reply: You do not know what innovations they introduced after you. (Upon hearing this) I will say: Destruction (be upon them).’”