Abdullah bin Burayda reported,

Ubaydullah bin Ziyad doubted the existence of the Hawd (the Prophet's basin in the afterlife). There was a Haruri woman with him, and he said, "Have you considered this Hawd that people mention? I do not regard it as anything real."Some of his companions said to him, "You have with you a group of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ. Send for them and ask them."So he sent for a man from Mazina and asked him about the Hawd, and the man related a hadith about it to him. Then he said, "Send for Abu Barza al-Aslami."Abu Barza came wearing two striped Yemeni garments, having wrapped himself in one as a lower garment and draped the other as an upper garment. He was a heavyset man, somewhat short. When Ubaydullah saw him, he laughed and said, "This sheikh of yours is certainly a fine fellow."The old man overheard him and said, "How astonishing! Do I find myself among a people who make excuses for me concerning the Companions of Muhammad ﷺ?"Ubaydullah's attendant said to him, "The governor has only sent for you to ask you about the Hawd. Did you hear anything from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it?"He said, "Yes, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mention it. Whoever denies it, may Allah not give him to drink from it." Then he shook out his cloak and left in anger.Then Ubaydullah sent for Zayd bin Arqam and asked him about the Hawd, and he related a hadith that agreed with the previous one. Ubaydullah asked, "Did you really hear this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?"Zayd said, "Yes, but my brother related it to me."Ubaydullah said, "We have no need for the hadith of your brother."Then Abu Sirah, a man from among Ubaydullah's companions, said, "When your father set out and took us to Muawiya, I went with him, and I met Abdullah bin Amr bin As. He related a hadith to me directly, mouth to mouth, which he had heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He dictated it to me and I wrote it down."Ubaydullah said, "I will make you forget these two striped garments unless you bring me the document."So I rode the two camels until I was nearly exhausted, and I brought him the document. In it was written, "This is what Abdullah bin Amr bin As related to me, that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Allah detests obscenity and the deliberate use of obscene speech. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, the Hour will not arrive until obscenity and obscene speech, bad neighborliness, and the severing of family ties become widespread, and until the treacherous is trusted and the trustworthy is regarded as treacherous. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, the most submissive of Muslims is the one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe, and the best emigration is to abandon what Allah has forbidden. By the One in whose hand is my soul, the likeness of the believer is like a piece of gold whose owner blows upon it and it neither changes nor diminishes. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, the likeness of the believer is like the bee, which eats what is wholesome and produces what is wholesome, and which alights without breaking or spoiling anything. Indeed, I have a basin whose two sides are as far apart as the distance between Ayla and Makkah,' or he said, 'between Sanaa and Madinah. Upon it are pitchers like the stars in number, its water whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. Whoever drinks from it will never thirst again.'"Abu Sirah said, "Ubaydullah took the document and it was lost to me. Then I met Yahya bin Yamar and complained to him about that, and he said, 'By Allah, I have it more firmly memorized than I have a surah of the Quran.' He then related it to me exactly as it had been in the document."

عن عبد الله بن بريدة قال

شك عبيد الله بن زياد في الحوض، وكانت فيه حرورية فقال: أرأيتم الحوض الذي يذكر ما أراه شيئا! قال: فقال له ناس من صحابته: فإن عندك رهطا من أصحاب النبي ﷺ فأرسل إليهم فاسألهم، فأرسل إلى رجل من مزينة فسأله عن الحوض فحدثه، ثم قال: أرسل إلى أبي برزة الأسلمي فأتاه وعليه ثوبا حبر، قد اتزر بواحد وارتدى بالآخر، قال: وكان رجلا لحيما إلى القصر فلما رآه عبيد الله ضحك ثم قال: إن محدثكم هذا لصالح، قال: فنهمها الشيخ فقال: واعجبا! ألا تراني في قوم يعذرون صحابة محمد ﷺ عمار، قال: فقال لحماس عبيد الله: إنما أرسل إليك الأمير يسألك عن الحوض، هل سمعت من رسول الله ﷺ فيه شيئا؟ قال: نعم سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يذكره فمن كذب به فلا سقاه الله منه، قال: ثم نفض رداءه وانصرف غضبا، قال: فأرسل عبيد الله إلى زيد بن الأرقم فسأله عن الحوض فحدثه حديثا موافقا لحديثه، فقال: إنما سمعت هذا من رسول الله ﷺ؟ قال: نعم، ولكن حدثته أخي، قال: فلا حاجة لنا في حديث أحببك! فقال أبو سيرة- رجل من صحابة عبيد الله- فإن أباك حين انطلق وأدنا إلى معاوية انطلقت معه فلقيت عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص فحدثني من فيه إلى في حديثا سمعه من رسول الله ﷺ فأمله علي وكتبته، قال: فإني أنسيت عليك لما أعرفت هذا البردين حتى تأتيني بالكتاب، قال: فركب البردين فركبته حتى غرق، فأتيته بالكتاب فإذا فيه: هذا ما حدثني عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص أنه سمع رسول الله ﷺ يقول: إن الله يخفض الفحش والتفحش، والذي نفس محمد بيده لا تقوم الساعة حتى يظهر الفحش والتفحش، وسوء الجوار، وقطيعة الأرحام، وحتى يؤتمن الخائن، ويؤتمن الخائن، والذي نفس محمد بيده إن أسلم المسلمين لمن سلم المسلمون من لسانه ويده، وإن أفضل الهجرة لمن هجر ما نهاه الله عنه، والذي نفس بيده إن مثل المؤمن كمثل القطعة من الذهب تنفخ عليها صاحبها فلم تغير ولم تنقص، والذي نفس محمد بيده إن مثل المؤمن كمثل النحلة أكلت طيبا ووضعت طيبا ووقعت فلم تكسر ولم تفسد، إلا والولا لي حوضا ما بين ناحيته كما بين أيلة إلى مكة- أو قال صنعاء إلى المدينة- وإن فيه من الأباريق مثل الكواكب هو أشد بياضا من اللبن، وأحلى من العسل، من شرب منه لم يظمأ بعدها أبدا. قال أبو سيرة: فأخذ عبيد الله الكتاب فجعت عليه فلقي يحيى بن يعمر فشكوت ذلك إليه، فقال: والله لأنا أحفظه لك مني لسورة من القرآن نحدثني به كما كان في الكتاب سواء.