حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ عَبْد اللَّهِ بْن أَحْمَد وَسَمِعْتُهُ أَنَا مِنْهُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ لَيْثِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ أَنَا فَرَطُكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ فَمَنْ وَرَدَ أَفْلَحَ وَيُؤْتَى بِأَقْوَامٍ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِهِمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ فَأَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ فَيُقَالُ مَا زَالُوا بَعْدَكَ يَرْتَدُّونَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2327
It Was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say: "I shall be ahead of you at the Cistern, and whoever comes to it will have succeeded. Some people will be brought and then taken to the left, and I will say: 'O Lord!' But it will be said: 'They continued turning back on their heels after you were gone".
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020