The pool of the prophet ('ḥawḍ'): 'ḥadīth' and eschatology in early Islam
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Roberto Tottoli [1]
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[1] Università di Napoli L’Orientale
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- Localización: Jerusalem studies in Arabic and Islam, ISSN 0334-4118, Nº. 51, 2021, págs. 189-244
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Islamic eschatological reports and literature include descriptions anddetails regarding a Pool (ḥawḍ) at which men will gather before entering Paradise. Although never mentioned in the Qur'ān, and very little investigated in Islamic studies, this Pool often appears in Islamic ḥadīth and traditions. The Pool becomes emblematic of man's final destiny and is described with all kindsof details about its dimensions, its prerogatives and how the Muslims will jointhe Prophet there before entering Paradise. The combination of these traditionsand the many others adding further descriptions highlights the centrality of aconcept whose origin is difficult to trace, but which, at the same time,constitutes one of the most significant and original elements of Islamic eschatology
