On the authority of Samurah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed, every prophet has a basin [Hawd], and they will vie with one another as to which of them has the most arrivals. And I hope that I will be the one with the most arrivals among them." (1)

This is a gharib hadith. Al-Ash'ath ibn 'Abd al-Malik narrated this hadith from al-Hasan, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, as a mursal report, and he did not mention Samurah in it—and that is more sound.

12 - Chapter: What has been related concerning the description of the vessels of the Basin

2612 - Muhammad ibn Isma'il narrated to us, Yahya ibn Salih narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Muhajir narrated to us, from al-'Abbas, from Abu Sallam al-Habashi, who said:

'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz sent for me, and I was transported by the postal relay. When I entered upon him, I said: "O Commander of the Faithful, the postal relay has been hard upon me." He said: "O Abu Sallam, I did not intend to cause you hardship, but a hadith has reached me that you narrate, from Thawban, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, concerning the Basin, and I wished that you would relate it to me directly." Abu Sallam said: Thawban narrated to me, from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "My Basin extends from 'Adan to 'Amman al-Balqa'. Its water is whiter than--------------------------------------------
(1) Its chain is weak, due to the weakness of Sa'id ibn Bashir, and it has a supporting witness that may strengthen it, from the hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, recorded by Ibn Majah (4301), though its chain contains 'Atiyyah al-'Awfi, who is weak.
It was also recorded by al-Tabarani in "al-Kabir" (6881) and (7053), and in "Musnad al-Shamiyyin" (2647).