English narration
Narrated by أنس بن مالك الأنصاري
Anas bin Malik said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ dozed for a short while and raised his smiling. He either said to them (people) or they said to him: Messenger of Allah! Why did you laugh? He said: A surah has been revealed to me just now, and then he recited: “In the name of Allah, Most Gracious. Most Merciful. To thee We have granted the fount (of abundance)” up to the end. When he recited, he asked: Do you know what al-kauthar is? They replied: Allah and his Messenger know best. He said: It is a river which my Lord, the Exalted, has promised me ( to grant) in Paradise: there is abundance of good and upon it there is a pond which my people will approach on the Day of Resurrection. There are vessels as numerous as stars (in the sky).
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ ، أخبرنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ ، عَنْ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ، يَقُولُ : "
أَغْفَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِغْفَاءَةً ، فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مُتَبَسِّمًا ، فَإِمَّا قَالَ لَهُمْ ، وَإِمَّا قَالُوا لَهُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، لِمَ ضَحِكْتَ ؟ فَقَالَ : إِنَّهُ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيَّ آنِفًا سُورَةٌ ، فَقَرَأَ : بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ، إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ حَتَّى خَتَمَهَا ، فَلَمَّا قَرَأَهَا ، قَالَ : هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الْكَوْثَرُ ؟ , قَالُوا : اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ، قَالَ : فَإِنَّهُ نَهْرٌ وَعَدَنِيهِ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ ، وَعَلَيْهِ خَيْرٌ كَثِيرٌ ، عَلَيْهِ حَوْضٌ تَرِدُ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، آنِيَتُهُ عَدَدُ الْكَوَاكِبِ
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