أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ الْمُخْتَارِ بْنِ فُلْفُلٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا يُرِيدُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذْ أَغْفَی إِغْفَائَةً ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مُتَبَسِّمًا فَقُلْنَا لَهُ مَا أَضْحَکَکَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيَّ آنِفًا سُورَةٌ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاکَ الْکَوْثَرَ فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّکَ وَانْحَرْ إِنَّ شَانِئَکَ هُوَ الْأَبْتَرُ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الْکَوْثَرُ قُلْنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ نَهْرٌ وَعَدَنِيهِ رَبِّي فِي الْجَنَّةِ آنِيَتُهُ أَکْثَرُ مِنْ عَدَدِ الْکَوَاکِبِ تَرِدُهُ عَلَيَّ أُمَّتِي فَيُخْتَلَجُ الْعَبْدُ مِنْهُمْ فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّهُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي فَيَقُولُ لِي إِنَّکَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثَ بَعْدَکَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 908
It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said: “One day when he — the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم — was still among us, he took a nap, then he raised his head, smiling. We said to him: ‘Why are you smiling, Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم?’ He said: ‘Just now this Sarah was revealed to me: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Verily, We have granted you (0 Muhammad) Al-Kawthar. Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice (to Him only). For he who hates you, he will be cut off.’ Then he said: ‘Do you know what Al-Kawthar is?’ We said: ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ He said: ‘It is a river that my Lord has promised me in Paradise. Its vessels are more than the number of the stars. My Ummah will come to me, then a man among them will be pulled away and I will say: “Lord, he is one of my Ummah” and He will say to me: ‘You do not know what he did after you were gone.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020