Abu Talut Anazi narrates: He says, I saw Sayyiduna Abu Barzah Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) in a state of anger, while he was coming out from the presence of Ubaydullah bin Ziyad and saying: I never thought that I would have to see such days in my life that people would reproach me for the companionship of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). They say about me: This is your short and fat Muhammadan. Whereas I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioning the Hawd (the Pond), now whoever denies this Hawd, Allah Almighty will not let him drink from it.

Abdullah bin Buraidah narrates that Ubaidullah bin Ziyad had doubts about the Hawd al-Kawthar. Among his companions, a person named Abu Sabrah said to him: When your father went to Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) as part of a delegation, I was also with him. I met Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him), and he narrated a hadith to me directly, which he had heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He dictated it to me, and I wrote it down. Ubaidullah said: I swear by Allah, I ask you to ride this mule so fast that it sweats, and in this way, bring that writing to me. Abu Sabrah says: I mounted the mule and spurred it on until it sweated profusely, and I brought that writing back to him. It was written in it that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty greatly dislikes obscene speech and deliberately obscene talk. By the One in whose hand is the life of Muhammad! The Hour will not be established until it happens that the trustworthy will be considered treacherous and the treacherous will be considered trustworthy, obscene speech and deliberate obscenity will become widespread, and severing of ties and mistreatment of neighbors will also become common. By the One in whose hand is the life of Muhammad! The example of a believer is like a piece of gold: if its owner blows on it, it neither changes nor decreases in value. By the One in whose hand is the life of Muhammad! The example of a believer is like that of a honeybee: it eats what is pure and produces what is pure; wherever it sits, it neither breaks anything nor spoils it. Then he said: Beware! In the Hereafter, I will have a Hawd (cistern), the distance between its two banks will be as much as the distance between Aylah and Makkah, or between Sana'a and Madinah, and the number of drinking vessels there will be more than the stars. The water of the Hawd will be whiter than milk and sweeter than honey; whoever drinks from it once will never feel thirst again. Abu Sabrah says: Ubaidullah bin Ziyad took that writing, and I became anxious. After that, I met Yahya bin Ya'mar and expressed this matter to him. He said: By Allah, I remember this hadith even more than a Qur'anic surah. Then he narrated the hadith to me exactly as it was written in that book.

(Second chain) Abu Sabrah says: Ubaidullah bin Ziyad used to keep inquiring about the Hawd (Pond) of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). He had already asked about it from Sayyiduna Abu Barzah, Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib, Sayyiduna ‘Aiz bin Amr, and another companion, yet he would still deny it. One day, Abu Sabrah said to him: I will narrate to you a hadith in which the solution to your confusion is present. Your father sent me to Sayyiduna Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) after giving me some wealth. There I met Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him), who narrated to me the ahadith he had heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and also dictated them to me. I wrote down those ahadith with my own hand, not omitting or adding even a single letter. He narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah Almighty does not like obscene speech... The rest of the hadith is like the first hadith, except that it adds: Beware! Your meeting with me will be at my Hawd. Its length and width are equal; it is as vast as the distance from Aylah to Makkah Mukarramah, which is a month's journey. There will be drinking vessels there as numerous as the stars in the sky. The water of this Hawd will be whiter than silver. Whoever drinks from it once will never feel thirst again. Upon hearing this hadith, Ubaidullah bin Ziyad said: I have not heard a more authentic and strong hadith about the Hawd of Kawthar than this. Then he affirmed it and kept that scroll (book) with him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: I will be ahead of you at the Pond (Hawd), whoever reaches there will attain success. There will also come some people there who will be pushed to the left side. I will say: O my Lord! (these people). It will be said in response: These people kept turning back from the religion after you.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I will reach the Pond before you and wait for you there. Some people will be driven away from me, and I will be overcome regarding them. I will say: O my Lord! These people are my companions, that is, people of my Ummah. Allah Almighty will say: You do not know what innovations they introduced after you.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I will be sitting at the Hawd (the Pond), waiting for those who will come, when some people will be prevented from coming to me. I will say: O my Lord! These people are from me and from my Ummah. But it will be said in reply: You do not know what deeds they did after you. After you, these people kept distancing themselves from the religion. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The length of one side of the Hawd is equal to the distance of a month's journey, and both its sides are equal, meaning its width is equal to its length. The number of its drinking vessels will be as many as the stars. Its fragrance is more pleasant than musk, and its color is whiter than milk. Whoever drinks its water once, will never feel thirst again.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: By Him in Whose hand is the life of Muhammad! I will surely drive away some people from my cistern just as a stranger camel is driven away from the cistern.

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went towards the graveyard and, greeting the people of the graveyard, said: "Peace be upon you, O abode of believing people! And indeed, if Allah wills, we shall join you." I wish I could see my brothers. Hearing this, the noble Companions said: O Messenger of Allah! Are we not your brothers? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You are my Companions; my brothers are those who have not yet come, and I will precede you at the Hawd (the Pond), (that is, I will go before you and wait for you). The Companions asked: O Messenger of Allah! How will you recognize those people of your Ummah who have not yet come? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: What do you think, if a man has a horse with white markings on its legs and forehead among all black horses, will that man not recognize his horse? The Companions said: Why not, O Messenger of Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When my Ummah will come, their faces, hands, and feet will be shining because of ablution. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated this sentence three times, and I will precede you at the Hawd and wait for you. Beware! Some people will be turned away from my Hawd just as a lost camel is driven away, and I will call out to them: Beware! Come here, come here. But in response, it will be said to me: These people changed the religion after you, then I will also say: May they be destroyed, may they be destroyed.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Two men from among those who attained the honor of my company will come towards me at the Pond. When I see them coming, they will be prevented from coming towards me.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: I will be your forerunner; when you do not find me anywhere else, then you will find me at the Pond. Its width is as much as the distance from Aylah to Makkah Mukarramah. Many men and women will come there with water skins and vessels, but they will not be able to obtain anything from there.