Abbas bin Salim narrated: Umar bin Abdul Aziz sent a message to Abu Salam Habashi (may Allah have mercy on him) and called him, so he (in order to arrive quickly) rode on a postal horse. When Umar bin Abdul Aziz came to him, he said: O Commander of the Faithful! I had to endure the hardship of riding a postal horse. Umar bin Abdul Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) said: O Abu Salam, we did not wish to put you in hardship, but we have learned that you narrate a hadith about the Pond from the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and I wished to hear that hadith directly from you. Abu Salam said: I heard from Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), who narrated: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: "My Pond is as long as the distance from Aden to Amman Balqa. Its water is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. Its cups are as numerous as the stars in the sky. Whoever drinks from it once will never feel thirst again. The first to arrive at the Pond will be the poor emigrants." Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Who are they? He (peace be upon him) said: "Those whose hair is disheveled and clothes are dirty. They do not marry women brought up in luxury and comfort. Closed doors are not opened for them." Umar bin Abdul Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) said: By Allah! Doors have been opened for me, and I have married Fatimah bint Abdul Malik, who was brought up in luxury and comfort. May Allah have mercy on me, now I will certainly not apply oil to my head until my hair becomes disheveled, and I will not wash the clothes on my body until they become dirty.

Abu Salam Al-Aswad says: Umar bin Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, sent a message to me, so I presented myself before him. When I entered, he said to me, "Come closer, come closer," so I came so close that my knees touched his knees. Then he said: "Narrate to me the hadith related to the Pond (Hawd) of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) as reported from Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him)." Abu Salam Al-Aswad said: I heard from Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), who narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), he said: "My Pond is as long and wide as the distance from Aden to Oman, sweeter than honey and (its water) whiter than milk. Its cups are as numerous as the stars in the sky. Whoever drinks from it once will never feel thirst again. The first to come to me will be those Muhajirun whose hair is disheveled and clothes are dirty, for whom closed doors are not opened, who do not marry women brought up in luxury and comfort, who fulfill their obligations, and who give up their rights." Umar bin Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "As for women brought up in luxury and comfort, I have married the daughter of Abdul Malik (Fatimah), and closed doors have also been opened for me. By Allah! I will surely make my hair disheveled and my clothes dirty."

Abu Salam Al-Aswad says: News reached Umar bin Abdul Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) that I narrate the hadith about the Hawd (Pond) from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him). He sent a message to me, so I came riding on a postal horse. Umar bin Abdul Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) apologized and said, "We did not want to put you in hardship, but I have learned that you narrate the hadith about the Hawd of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) through Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), and I wished to hear that hadith directly from you." Abu Salam said: I heard from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), he was narrating that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My Hawd (Pond) is as long and wide as the distance from Aden to Amman al-Balqa. Its water is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. Its cups are as numerous as the stars in the sky. Whoever drinks from it once will never feel thirst again. The first to arrive at the Hawd will be the poor emigrants whose hair is disheveled and clothes are dirty. They do not marry women brought up in luxury, and closed doors are not opened for them." Umar bin Abdul Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "But I have married Fatimah bint Abdul Malik, who was brought up in luxury, and closed doors have been opened for me. Now, I will not wash my head until it becomes disheveled, and I will not take off my clothes until they become worn out."