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What is the status of Zamzam water? What are its
virtues? Why are Muslims so keen on Zamzam water?
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Praise be to Allah.
Imaam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyah (may Allah have
mercy on him) said: "Zamzam water
is the best and noblest of all waters, the highest in status, the dearest to
people, the most precious and valuable to them. It was dug by Jibreel and is
the water with which Allah quenched the thirst of Ismaa'eel."
It was reported in Saheeh Muslim that the Prophet sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam
said to Abu Dharr, who had stayed near the Ka'bah and its coverings for forty
days and nights with no food or drink other than (Zamzam): "How long have
you been here?" Abu Dharr said: "I have been here for thirty days and
nights." The Prophet sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam said, "Who has been
feeding you?" He said, "I have had nothing but Zamzam water, and I
have gotten so fat that I have folds of fat on my stomach. I do not feel any of
the tiredness or weakness of hunger and I have not become thin." The
Prophet sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam said: "Verily, it is blessed, it is
food that nourishes." (Narrated by Imaam
Muslim, 2473).
Other scholars added, with their own isnaads, "...and a healing for sickness." This was narrated by al-Bazzaar (1171, 1172) and
al-Tabaraani in al-Sagheer (295). In Sunan Ibn Maajah (al-Manaasik, 3062) it
was reported from Jaabir ibn 'Abd-Allah that the Prophet sallAllahu 'alayhi wa
sallam said: "The water of
Zamzam is for whatever it is drunk for." The Salaf and 'ulamaa'
acted upon this Hadeeth. When 'Abd-Allah ibn al-Mubaarak went for Hajj, he came
to Zamzam and said, "O Allah, Ibn Abi'l-Mawaali told us from Muhammad ibn
al-Munkadir from Jaabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that Your Prophet sallAllahu
'alayhi wa sallam said, 'The water of Zamzam
is for whatever it is drunk for.' I am drinking it to
ward off thirst on the Day of Resurrection." Ibn Abi'l-Mawaali is thiqah
(trustworthy) so the hadeeth is hasan (good).
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him)
said: Myself and others
tried seeking healing with Zamzam water and saw wondrous things. I sought
healing with it from a number of illnesses, and I was healed by the permission
of Allah. I saw someone who nourished himself with it for a number of days,
half a month or more, and he did not feel hunger; he performed Tawaaf along
with the other people just as they did. And he told me that he consumed nothing
but Zamzam water for forty days and he had the strength to have intercourse
with his wife, to fast and to perform Tawaaf numerous times. [Zaad al-Ma'aad, 4/319, 320.]
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah preserve him)
said: So you should have the intention of
what you want to gain by drinking this water. He should drink his fill, i.e.,
fill his stomach with it until it is filled to the ribs, because this water is
good. A hadeeth has been narrated concerning this: the difference between the
believers and the hypocrites is drinking one's fill of Zamzam water. (Narrated by IbnMaajah in al-Manaasik, 1017;
al-Haakim, 1/472).
Al-Boosairi said: this is a saheeh isnaad; its
men are mawthooqoon [trustworthy].
This is because Zamzam water is not sweet; it
is somewhat salty, and the believer only drinks this somewhat salty water out
of faith, believing that there is barakah (blessing) in it. So when he drinks
his fill of it, this is a sign of faith. (Sharh al-Mumti', 7/377, 378, 379).
Perhaps Allah did not make it sweet so that
people would not forget that the meaning of drinking it is an act of worship.
Whatever the case, its taste is fine and there is nothing wrong with it. We ask
Allah to quench our thirst from the Cistern (al-Hawd) of His Prophet on the Day
of the greatest thirst. May Allah bless our Prophet Muhammad, Ameen.
Is Zamzam well internally connected to the Red
Sea ?
No! It is
not possible because Makkah is about 75 kilometers away from the Sea and the
wells located before the city usually remains dry.
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