Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ مَطَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ قَالَ شَكَّ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ فِي الْحَوْضِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو سَبْرَةَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ صَحَابَةِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ فَإِنَّ أَبَاكَ حِينَ انْطَلَقَ وَافِدًا إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ انْطَلَقْتُ مَعَهُ فَلَقِيتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو فَحَدَّثَنِي مِنْ فِيهِ إِلَى فِيَّ حَدِيثًا سَمِعَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَمْلَاهُ عَلَيَّ وَكَتَبْتُهُ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ لَمَا أَعْرَقْتَ هَذَا الْبِرْذَوْنَ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَنِي بِالْكِتَابِ قَالَ فَرَكِبْتُ الْبِرْذَوْنَ فَرَكَضْتُهُ حَتَّى عَرِقَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِالْكِتَابِ فَإِذَا فِيهِ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُبْغِضُ الْفُحْشَ وَالتَّفَحُّشَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يُخَوَّنَ الْأَمِينُ وَيُؤْتَمَنَ الْخَائِنُ حَتَّى يَظْهَرَ الْفُحْشُ وَالتَّفَحُّشُ وَقَطِيعَةُ الْأَرْحَامِ وَسُوءُ الْجِوَارِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ مَثَلَ الْمُؤْمِنِ لَكَمَثَلِ الْقِطْعَةِ مِنْ الذَّهَبِ نَفَخَ عَلَيْهَا صَاحِبُهَا فَلَمْ تَغَيَّرْ وَلَمْ تَنْقُصْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ مَثَلَ الْمُؤْمِنِ لَكَمَثَلِ النَّحْلَةِ أَكَلَتْ طَيِّبًا وَوَضَعَتْ طَيِّبًا وَوَقَعَتْ فَلَمْ تُكْسَرْ وَلَمْ تَفْسُدْ قَالَ وَقَالَ أَلَا إِنَّ لِي حَوْضًا مَا بَيْنَ نَاحِيَتَيْهِ كَمَا بَيْنَ أَيْلَةَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ أَوْ قَالَ صَنْعَاءَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَإِنَّ فِيهِ مِنْ الْأَبَارِيقِ مِثْلَ الْكَوَاكِبِ هُوَ أَشَدُّ بَيَاضًا مِنْ اللَّبَنِ وَأَحْلَى مِنْ الْعَسَلِ مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ لَمْ يَظْمَأْ بَعْدَهَا أَبَدًا قَالَ أَبُو سَبْرَةَ فَأَخَذَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْكِتَابَ فَجَزِعْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَقِيَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْمَرَ فَشَكَوْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَأَنَا أَحْفَظُ لَهُ مِنِّي لِسُورَةٍ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ فَحَدَّثَنِي بِهِ كَمَا كَانَ فِي الْكِتَابِ سَوَاءً.
English Translation
Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us: Ma'mar informed us from Matar from Abdullah ibn Buraydah who said: Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad doubted about the Hawd (Pool/Basin). Abu Sabrah, a companion of Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad, said to him: "When your father went as a delegate to Mu'awiyah, I went with him and I met Abdullah ibn Amr. He narrated to me directly - from his mouth to mine - a hadith he heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). He dictated it to me and I wrote it down." He said: "I swear an oath upon you to ride this horse hard until you bring me the document." So I rode the horse and galloped it until it sweated, and I brought him the document. In it was: Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As narrated to me that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say: "Indeed Allah hates obscenity and indecency. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, the Hour will not come until the trustworthy one is betrayed and the treacherous one is trusted, until obscenity, indecency, severing of kinship ties, and bad neighborliness prevail. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, the likeness of the believer is that of a piece of gold - its owner blows on it but it neither changes nor diminishes. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, the likeness of the believer is that of a bee - it eats good, produces good, and when it lands, it neither breaks nor spoils." He also said: "Indeed I have a Pool (Hawd), the distance between its two sides is like the distance between Aylah and Makkah - or he said: Sana'a and Madinah. In it are pitchers like the stars. It is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. Whoever drinks from it will never be thirsty again." Abu Sabrah said: Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad took the document and I was distressed about it. I met Yahya ibn Ya'mar and complained to him about that. He said: "By Allah, I have it memorized better than I have memorized a surah of the Quran." And he narrated it to me exactly as it was in the document.