the basin of the Prophet (peace be upon him)

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the basin of the Prophet (peace be upon him) (1)

‘Abdullah ibn Hamoud al-Furaih


the basin of the Prophet (peace be upon him) (1)
Question 15/96: what is the basin?
The basin linguistically: related to the gathering of water
In the Shariah: it is the basin of the Prophet (peace be upon him). It is a great gathering of water that the believers want in the difficulties of the Resurrection

Question 15/97: the basin is confirmed in the Sunnah and consensus
Among the evidence to prove it:
A.The Hadith of Sahl ibn Sa`id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount (Kauthar), and whoever will come to it, will drink from it, and whoever will drink from it, will never become thirsty after that. There will come to me some people whom I know and they know me, and then a barrier will be set up between me and them.”[1]

B.The Hadith of Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “I shall be there at the Cistern before you.”[2]

The Hadiths in this chapter are many. Ibn Al Qayyim (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “40 or more companions narrated Hadiths about the basin and most of them are authentic.”

Al Suyuti (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “the basin was mentioned by 50 or so companions, among them: the four rightly guided Caliphs, the many Hafiz (memorisers of the Qur'an) from the companions. May Allah’s grace be upon them all”

The companions of the Sunnah are on (with the opinion) of the legitimacy of the basin. It is a basin that the believers want when the difficulty becomes extreme at that moment, as mentioned, and the sun is above within a mile above the heads of the creation. People sweat and their thirst becomes extreme. O Allah sustain us with glide tidings of a drink from the basin of your Prophet (peace be upon him) that will quinch our thirst and the extreme anguish of that day, which has great stakes. Do not make us from those who did wrong in the religion so were turned away from the basin.

• The Muatazila rejected the scales and the basin so they did not speak of their evidence. Also among those who rejected the basin: the Khawarij. The Proof to the narrations and the consensus (of the scholars) replies to the Proof to the basin.

[1] Narrated by Al Bukhari number (1050, 7051). Narrated by Muslim number (2290)

[2] Narrated by Al Bukhari number (6589). Narrated by Muslim number (2289)