And we believe in the basin of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), whose water is whiter than milk, sweeter than honey, and more fragrant than musk, its length being a month and

The Shaykh : He said: "And we believe in the basin of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), whose water is whiter than milk, sweeter than honey, and more fragrant than musk, its length being a month and its width a month, and its vessels are like the stars of the sky in beauty and number, and the believers from his Ummah will drink from it, and whoever drinks from it will not be thirsty thereafter" meaning forever.
The basin that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) will drink from exists now, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed the people and informed them that he sees his basin, and that his pulpit is on his basin. So it exists, but it is from the unseen world, and the unseen world cannot be witnessed, just as the angels exist, yet we do not see or perceive them.
So the basin exists, but it will be seen, felt, and touched on the Day of Resurrection.
Yes? As far as we see, no. But on the Day of Resurrection, the water of the basin of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is whiter than milk, and this indicates the beauty of its appearance.
It indicates the sweetness of its taste and flavor.
It indicates? The pleasantness of its scent. As for its size, he said: . Its length is a month and its width is a month, and this indicates that it was circular, because if it were not circular, its corners would exceed a month, since a square must have a distance between a corner and its opposite that is greater than its surface. Accordingly, his basin is circular, and this is the norm for basins; the basins for camels when they are brought to drink are circular. By how much? If the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: and the like, the intended meaning is the journey of loaded camels. In the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), there were no clocks, cars, or airplanes, so the estimation mentioned is understood in terms of what was known and customary.
In beauty and number. The hadiths reported on this include one whose wording is: and another whose wording is: . Which of the two wordings do we take? The first, so that it includes both the number and the beauty. So its vessels are luminous, shining, and numerous, innumerable, just as the stars of the sky are innumerable. However, they are not like the stars of the sky in size, but in the eyes of people, the stars of the sky are beautiful, the stars of the sky are luminous, the stars of the sky are numerous, in beauty and number.
Good. Where does this basin draw from? It draws from al-Kawthar, which is the great river, abundant, that was given to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in Paradise. Two spouts flow from it and pour into this basin. Subhan Allah! Meaning, the people of Paradise, may Allah make us and you among them, taste it before entering it through this basin, because this basin has two spouts pouring into it from al-Kawthar in Paradise.
Who will drink from it? He said: "The believers from his Ummah will drink from it" specifically from his Ummah.
Do the other prophets have basins? It is reported in al-Tirmidhi that they have basins: But it is known that the great, wide, and greatest basin is the basin of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), because his Ummah is the most numerous of the nations. They are two-thirds of the people of Paradise, that is, eighty out of one hundred and twenty. So they are the most numerous of people, so their basin is the greatest, widest, and largest of the basins. The believers from his Ummah will drink from it, and the ease of their drinking from it is like the ease of their adherence to his Shari'ah. Pay attention, a reward in kind. Whoever finds it easy to adhere to the Sunnah of the Messenger and his Shari'ah, and submits to the Shari'ah and implements it as much as he can, will find it easy and facilitated to drink from this basin, and the opposite is the opposite.
Even though people come to it while thirsty, in the greatest state of need for it. So when they drink from it, there is no thirst, neither in the plains of the Resurrection, and it is also known that there is no thirst in Paradise.
So we believe in this basin.
The question: Is it physical or conceptual?
The student: Physical.

The Shaykh : Physical, without doubt. Does it have vessels?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Does its water have a taste?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : And a smell?
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Very well.