al-Taliqat al-Mukhtasarah ala Matn al-Aqidah al-TahawiyyahSalih Al-Fawzan

the Cistern (ḥawḍ): the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, informed us that he will have a cistern¹ on the Day of Resurrection, at the Gathering Place. His followers—those who believed in him and kept to his way—will reach it and drink; and whoever takes but one draught from it will never feel thirst again. That is because the Day of Resurrection is a day of extreme ordeal and scorching heat, when thirst becomes unbearable. Allah therefore made this cistern a life-saving relief for the community of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, by which He will succour them. Everyone knows that the rain Allah sends down from the sky revives the earth and gives life to souls; in the same manner, the cistern is a saving mercy through which Allah will aid His servants at their moment of greatest need for water.

A ḥawḍ is a basin that collects water. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, described his ḥawḍ as vast: its length is the distance a traveller covers in a month and its width the distance of a month. Its drinking vessels are as numerous as the stars in the sky, and whoever drinks from it once will never thirst again. Its water is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey.²

(1) Anas ibn Malik relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The breadth of my Basin is like the distance between Ayla and Sanaʿa in Yemen, and it contains pitchers as numerous as the stars in the sky.” Reported by al-Bukhari, nos. 6580; Muslim, no. 2303. (2) ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “My Basin extends a journey of one month; its water is whiter than milk, its scent finer than musk, and its cups are like the stars in the sky. Whoever drinks from it will never thirst again.” Reported by al-Bukhari, no. 6579; Muslim, no. 2292.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ــ الحوض: فإن النبي ﷺ أخبرنا أن له حوضاً (١) في يوم القيامة في المحشر يرده أتباعه الذين آمنوا به واتبعوه، فيشربون منه، فإذا شربوا منه شربة واحدة لم يظمؤوا بعدها أبداً، وذلك لأن يوم القيامة يوم شديد وعصيب وفيه حر شديد. فيحصل الظمأ الشديد، فجعل الله هذا الحوض غياثاً لأمة محمد ﷺ يغيثهم به، ومعلوم أن الغيث الذي ينزله الله من السماء تحيا به الأرض وتحيا به النفوس، فكذلك الحوض فإنه غياثٌ يغيث الله به العباد عند شدة حاجتهم إلى الماء. والحوض هو مجمع الماء، وقد وصفه ﵊ بأنه حوض عظيم طوله شهر وعرضه شهر، وآنيته عدد نجوم السماء، وأن من يشرب منه شربة لا يظمأ بعدها أبداً، ماؤه أبيض من اللبن وأحلى من العسل (٢) .
(١) فعن أنس بن مالك ﵁ أن رسول الله ﷺ قال: "إن قدر حوضي كما بين أيلة وصنعاء من اليمن، وإن فيه من الأباريق كعدد نجوم السماء". ...أخرجه البخاري رقم (٦٥٨٠) ومسلم رقم (٢٣٠٣) . (٢) فعن عبد الله بن عمرو ﵄ قال: قال النبي ﷺ: "حوضي مسيرة شهر، ماؤه أبيض من اللبن، وريحه أطيب من المسك، وكيزانه كنجوم السماء، من شرب منها فلا يظمأ أبداً". أخرجه البخاري رقم (٦٥٧٩) ومسلم رقم (٢٢٩٢) .

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