Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ أَبُو نَصْرٍ الْعِجْلِيُّ الْخَفَّافُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ أَنْبَأَهُمْ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَسِيرُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ عُرِضَ لِي نَهَرٌ حَافَتَاهُ قِبَابُ اللُّؤْلُؤِ الْمُجَوَّفِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ مَا هَذَا قَالَ هَذَا الْكَوْثَرُ الَّذِي أَعْطَاكَ رَبُّكَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَالَ فَضَرَبْتُ بِيَدَيَّ فِيهِ فَإِذَا طِينُهُ الْمِسْكُ الْأَذْفَرُ وَإِذَا رَضْرَاضُهُ اللُّؤْلُؤُ قَالَ أَبِي و قَالَ عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ قَرَأْتُ قَالَ الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي مَعِي أَتَدْرِي مَا هَذَا هَذَا الْكَوْثَرُ الَّذِي أَعْطَاكَ رَبُّكَ فَضَرَبَ بِيَدَيْهِ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ فَأَخْرَجَ مِنْ طِينِهِ الْمِسْكَ.
English Translation
Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ata Abu Nasr al-Ijli al-Khaffaf told us, he said: Sa'id informed us, from Qatada, from Anas ibn Malik, that he informed them from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said: 'While I was walking in Paradise, a river appeared before me, its banks made of hollow pearl domes.' He said: 'I said, "O Gabriel, what is this?" He said, "This is al-Kawthar which your Lord, Mighty and Majestic, has given you." He said: "Then I struck my hands into it, and its clay was fragrant musk, and its pebbles were pearls."' Abdullah, the narrator's son, said: and Abd al-Wahhab said, from his book, I read: he said: 'The angel who was with me said, "Do you know what this is? This is al-Kawthar which your Lord has given you." Then he struck his hands into its ground and brought out musk from its clay.'