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What is the Pool of Kauthar (Hawdh e Kauthar)?

Foundations of Faith

Hawdh e Kauthar is a great pool which Allah has granted the Beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, and which his Ummah will attend on the Day of Resurrection.

It is narrated from Ibn Umar may Allah be pleased with him that the Beloved Prophet ﷺ said, "Kauthar is a river in Paradise whose banks are of gold and its bed is of rubies and pearls. Its soil is more fragrant than musk, its water is sweeter than honey and whiter than snow." [Sunan Ibn Majah 4334]

The Beloved Prophet ﷺ said, "I will be at my Lake-Fount (Kauthar) waiting for whoever will come to me. Then, some people will be taken away from me whereupon I will say, 'My followers!' It will be said, 'You do not know they turned Apostates as renegades (deserted their religion).'" [Sahih al-Bukhari 7048]

References

  • Hadith Sunan Ibn Majah 4334
  • Hadith Sahih al-Bukhari 7048

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