Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him! When I see you, my soul becomes purified and my eyes are cooled. Please tell me about everything." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Everything was created from water." I said, "Tell me about something, if I act upon it, I will enter Paradise." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Feed others, spread the greeting of peace, maintain the ties of kinship, and pray at night when people are sleeping; you will enter Paradise in peace." (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The statement of Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, "Tell me about everything," means he intended to ask about everything that was created from water. And the evidence for this being correct is the answer given by the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said: "Everything was created from water." So this answer was given exactly in accordance with the question. It does not mean that everything was created from water, even if it is not a created being.