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837 — Abū Bakr al-Naysābūrī also narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn Mansūr narrated to us, saying: Abū Sālih narrated to us, saying: Ibn Lahīʿa narrated to us, from Abū al-Zubayr, who said: Jābir ibn Abd Allah informed me that he heard the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) say:
“I shall precede you as your forerunner. If you do not see me, I shall be at the Basin. My Basin extends as far as the distance between Ayla and Mecca.”
And he mentioned the hadith.
٨٣٧ - وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ أَيْضًا قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ , عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ , أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: " أَنَا فَرَطُكُمْ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ , فَإِذَا لَمْ تَرَوْنِي فَأَنَا عَلَى الْحَوْضِ , وَحْوضِي: قَدْرُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْلَةَ وَمَكَّةَ " وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ