VIRTUES OF ZAMZAM WATER

1) There is healing power in Zamzam. Ibn Abbas
(may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him)
said,“The best water on the face of the earth is the
water of Zamzam. In it is complete nourishment
and healing from sickness.” [At-Tabarani]
2) Jaabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says, “I
heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings
of Allah be on him) say: ‘Zamzam is a cure for any
purpose for which it is drunk’.” Another Hadith
states,“If you drink it to quench a thirst, it will do
so, and if you drink it to fill the stomach in place of
food, it will do so, and if you drink it for a cure from
some illness, it will do so.” [It-Haaf]
3) It is sunnah to drink one’s fill of Zamzam water
and to quench one’s thirst.The fuqaha have
mentioned the etiquette that is mustahabb
(recommended) when drinking Zamzam water,
such as facing the Ka’bah, saying Bismillah,
pausing to take a breath three times, drinking one’s
fill, praising Allah after one finishes As regards the
hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said, “I gave the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) Zamzam water to
drink whilst he was standing,” (Bukhaari, 3/492), it
is taken to mean that it is permissible to drink
zamzam whilst standing; showing the utmost
respect. The scholars also recommended that the
person who drinks Zamzam water should sprinkle
some of it on his head, face and chest, make lots of
du’a when drinking it, and to drink it for a purpose
that will benefit him in this world or the next,
because of the hadeeth in which the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:
“The water of Zamzam is for whatever purpose it is
drunk for.” (Ibn Maajah, 2/1018).
4) It is recommended that people should take some
Zamzam water back with them to their countries,
because it is a cure for those who seek healing.
‘Aisha (May Allah be pleased with her) reported
that she took Zamzam water home with her in
bottles, and said, “The Messenger of Allah (peace
and blessings of Allah be upon him) took some of it
away with him, and he used to pour it on the sick
and give it to them to drink.” (Tirmidhi, 4/37).
5) It was reported in Saheeh Muslim that the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
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
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 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 (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Verily, it is
blessed, it is food that nourishes.” (Muslim, 2473).
6) Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him)
reports that when the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allah be on him) drank Zamzam he said the
following prayer: “O Allah, grant me beneficial
knowledge, abundant sustenance and a cure from
all diseases.”
The Bible makes a reference of the miracle of
Zamzam when it talks about the passing through
of Ismail (upon him be peace) and his mother
through the valley: “Blessed is the man whose
strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the ways of
them who passing through the valley of Bacca
make it a well.”
[Psalm 84:5-6. Note that the Quran also refers to
Makkah as Bakkah]
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