2114 – ʿUmar ibn Zakkār narrated to us; al-Ḥusayn ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us; he said: ʿAlī ⦗1195⦘ ibn Muslim narrated to us; he said: Abū ʿĀṣim narrated to us; he said: Ibn Jurayj informed me; he said: Abū al-Zubayr informed me that he heard Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh say that he heard the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace… ḥāʾ.

2115 – And ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad narrated to us; he said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Ziyād narrated to us; he said: Ḥammād ibn al-Ḥasan al-Warrāq narrated to us; he said: Abū ʿĀṣim narrated to us; he said: Ibn Jurayj narrated to us; he said: Abū al-Zubayr informed me that he heard Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:

“I will go on ahead of you as your forerunner, and if you do not find me, then I will be at the Pond. The span of my Pond equals the distance from Aylah to Mecca. Men and women will come to it carrying water-skins and vessels.”

In the version of ʿAlī ibn Muslim he added: “They will approach, yet they will not taste a single drop of it.”

Muslim also recorded this hadith.