Hadith 113

Mishkat al-Masabih

Book 28: Events of the Day of Resurrection and the Beginning of Creation

Chapter 5

Description of Paradise and its Inhabitants - Section 1

باب صفة الجنة وأهلها - الفصل الأول

Mishkat al-Masabih 5641
وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ماالكوثر؟ قَالَ: «ذَاكَ نَهْرٌ أَعْطَانِيهِ اللَّهُ يَعْنِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَشَدُّ بَيَاضًا مِنَ اللَّبَنِ وَأَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ فِيهِ طَيْرٌ أَعْنَاقُهَا كَأَعْنَاقِ الْجُزُرِ» قَالَ عُمَرُ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ لَنَاعِمَةٌ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «أَكَلَتُهَا أَنْعَمُ مِنْهَا» رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Anas told that when God's messenger was asked what al-Kauthar[*] was he replied, "That is a river God has given me (meaning in paradise), whiter than milk and sweeter than honey, containing birds whose necks are like the necks of sacrificial camels." `Umar remarked, "These have a pleasant life," and God's messenger replied, "Those who eat them have a pleasanter life." *Quran; 108 Tirmidhi transmitted it.