Thauban reported Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: I would be pushing back from my Cistern the crowd of people. I would strike away from it (the Cistern) with my staff the people of Yemen until the water (of the Haud) would spout forth upon them. He was asked about its breadth. He said: From this place of mine to 'Amman, and he was asked about the drink and he said: It is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. There would spout into it two streamlets having their sources in Paradise. The one is from gold and the other is from silver. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters and the words are: "I would be on the Day of Resurrection near the bank of the Cistern."

Thauban reported this hadith pertaining to the Cistern. Muhammad bin Bashshar said: I said to Yahya bin Hammad.

This is the hadith that I heard from Abu 'Awana and he said: I also heard it from Shu'bah. I said: Narrate that to me and he narrated that to me.