1090 — Ibn Dharīh al-‘Ukbarī also informed us, saying: Hannād ibn al-Sarī ⦗1603⦘ narrated to us, saying: Abū Zubayd narrated to us, from Mutarrif, from Abū Ishāq, from Abū ‘Ubayda, who said: ‘Ā’isha—may Allah have mercy on her—said, “Al-Kawthar is a river granted to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—in the butnān (interior) of Paradise.” He said: “I asked, ‘What is the butnān of Paradise?’ She replied, ‘The center of Paradise. Its two banks are made of hollowed pearls—or of a single hollowed pearl.’”