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Chapter No. 4, Prayers (Kitab Al-Salat)
Hadith No: 790
Narrated/Authority of Anas
Chapter No. 4, Prayers (Kitab Al-Salat)
Hadith No: 790
Narrated/Authority of Anas
One day the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) was sitting amongst us that he dozed off. He then
raised his head smilingly. We said: What makes you smile.
Messenger of Allah? He said: A Sura has just been revealed to
me, and then recited: In the name of Allah, the Compassionate,
the Merciful. Verily We have given thee Kauthar (fount of
abundance). Therefore turn to thy Lord for prayer and offer
sacrifice, and surely thy enemy is cut off (from the good).
Then he (the Holy Prophet) said: Do you know what Kauthar is?
We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. The Holy Prophet
(may peace be upon him) said: It (Kauthar) is a canal which my
Lord, the Exalted and Glorious has promised me, and there is
an abundance of good in it. It is a cistern and my people
would come to it on the Day of Resurrection, and tumblers
there would be equal to the number of stars. A servant would
be turned away from (among the people gathered there). Upon
this I would say: My Lord, he is one of my people, and He (the
Lord) would say: You do not know that he innovated new things
(in Islam) after you. Ibn Hujr made this addition in the
hadith:" He (the Holy Prophet) was sitting amongst us in the
mosque, and He (Allah) said: (You don't know) what he
innovated after you"
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