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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The length, width, and shape of the Hawd

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Question : Is this Hawd wide?

Answer : Or narrow? It was reported in an authentic hadith that its length is a month and its width is a month. Its length is a month and its width is a month. So it is wide.
If its length is a month and its width is a month, it is wide, but some scholars derived from this that the Hawd is circular, based on the statement that its length is a month and its width is a month.
How did they derive that it is circular? They said that if it were square, the distance between the corners, if its length is a month or more than a month, and not less? More than a month. So if the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said its length is a month and its width is a month, this is not realized in all directions unless it is circular. In any case, if this is what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intended, then it is on the eyes and head. And if that was not his intention, the Arabs’ tongue has established that they say a room is four cubits long and four cubits wide, even though it is square. So Allah knows best. Now, this is what concerns the Hawd.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [457] طول الحوض وعرضه وشكله - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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