Who are those who are prevented from coming to the Pool of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?

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Question:
Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in his Sahih that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount (Kauthar), and whoever will come to it, will drink from it, and whoever will drink from it, will never become thirsty after that. There will come to me some people whom I know and they know me,

أَنَا فَرَطُكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ مَنْ وَرَدَهُ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ وَمَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ لَمْ يَظْمَأْ بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا لَيَرِدُ عَلَىَّ أَقْوَامٌ أَعْرِفُهُمْ وَيَعْرِفُونِي،

Sahih al-Bukhari 7050

Then there would be intervention between me and them.

ثم يحال بيني وبينهم.

Sahih Muslim 2290, 2291a

The question is: Who are these people who are prevented from coming to his Pool (peace and blessings be upon him)? Are they the apostates, or the hypocrites who were in his time, or the Bedouins whose hearts were not entered by faith?

Answer:
They are the apostates, because in the hadith

who remained after you apostates, turning back on their heels,

ما زالوا بعدك مرتدين على أعقابهم،

this refers to the apostates who turned away from the religion of Islam. May Allah reward you, and our companion al-Mawla. They are not Muslims from the start. They are not believers. They are Muslims. But they are not believers from the start. They are

in the lowest depths of the Fire

فِي الدَّرْكِ الْأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ

[An-Nisa 4:145]

. As Allah the Exalted mentioned. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 230 - من هم الذين يُمنعون من لاورود على حوض النبي ﷺ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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