My Cistern takes a month's journey to cross it. Its water is whiter than milk, its smell is nicer than musk,
Narrator in the source: ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas reported that the Prophet
‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My Cistern takes a month's journey to cross it. Its water is whiter than milk, its smell is nicer than musk, and its drinking cups are like the stars of the sky; whoever drinks from it will never become thirsty."- Grade in the source
- Authentic
- Reported by
- Agreed upon
- Source entry
- HadeethEnc · 65030 ↗
Original Arabic wording
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو رضي الله عنهما قَالَ: قالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «حَوْضِي مَسِيرَةُ شَهْرٍ، مَاؤُهُ أَبْيَضُ مِنَ اللَّبَنِ، وَرِيحُهُ أَطْيَبُ مِنَ المِسْكِ، وَكِيزَانُهُ كَنُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ، مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهَا فَلاَ يَظْمَأُ أَبَدًا».Understand this hadith
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) reported that he will have a Cistern on the Day of Judgment whose length takes a month's journey to cross, and so does its breadth; its water is whiter than milk; its smell is more pleasant than the smell of musk; and its drinking cups are as numerous as the stars of the sky. Whoever drinks from that Cistern using these cups will never become thirsty.
Lessons from the hadith
- The Prophet's Cistern is a huge body of water to which the believers from his Ummah will come on the Day of Judgment.
- Whoever drinks from the Cistern will be in bliss, and so he will never go thirsty.
References (original Arabic)
صحيح البخاري (8/ 119) (6579)، صحيح مسلم (4/ 1793) (2292)، المفهم (6/91)، فتح الباري (11/472)، التنوير شرح الجامع الصغير (5/387)، فتح المنعم شرح صحيح مسلم (9/125).