The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to the graveyard and said, "Peace be upon you, dwelling of a believing people. We too, if Allah wills, will join you. How I wish I could see our brothers."The Companions said, "Messenger of Allah, are we not your brothers?"He replied, "You are my companions. Our brothers are those who have not yet come, and I will go ahead of them to the pool."They asked, "Messenger of Allah, how will you recognize those of your community who come after you?"He said, "Tell me, if a man had horses with white foreheads and white markings on their legs among horses that were jet black, would he not recognize his own horses?"They answered, "Of course he would, Messenger of Allah."He said, "Then they will come on the Day of Resurrection with bright faces and shining limbs from wudu, and I will go ahead of them to the pool. But some men will be driven away from my pool as a stray camel is driven off. I will call out to them, 'Come here! Come here! Come here!' and it will be said, 'They changed after you.' So I will say, 'Away with them, away with them, away with them.'"
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أن رسول الله ﷺ خرج إلى المقبرة فقال السلام عليكم دار قوم مؤمنين وإنا إن شاء الله بكم لاحقون وددت أني قد رأيت إخواننا فقالوا يا رسول الله ألسنا بإخوانك قال بل أنتم أصحابي وإخواننا الذين لم يأتوا بعد وأنا فرطهم على الحوض فقالوا يا رسول الله كيف تعرف من يأتي بعدك من أمتك قال أرأيت لو كان لرجل خيل غر محجلة في خيل دهم بهم ألا يعرف خيله قالوا بلى يا رسول الله قال فإنهم يأتون يوم القيامة غرا محجلين من الوضوء وأنا فرطهم على الحوض فلا يذادن رجال عن حوضي كما يذاد البعير الضال أناديهم ألا هلم ألا هلم ألا هلم فيقال إنهم قد بدلوا بعدك فأقول فسحقا فسحقا فسحقا