Zam Zam

Zam Zam

Hadhrat Jaabir Radiyallahu ‘Anhu says, “I heard the Messenger of Allah Ta’aala say, ‘Zam Zam is a cure for any purpose for which it is being drunk.’”

Another Hadith states: ‘If you drink it to quench your thirst, it will do so, and if you drink it to fill your stomach in place of food, it will do so, and if you drink it for a cure from some illness, it will do so. This is the service of Hadhrat Jibraaeel ‘Alayhis Salaam and it is the way of Hadhrat Ismaa’eel ‘Alayhis Salaam. (Ithaaf)

Once, Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam asked Hadhrat Ibn Abbaas Radiyallahu ‘Anhu to bring some Zam Zam. Hadhrat Ibn Abbaas Radiyallahu ‘Anhu replied that there was some clean water in the house, which he felt would be better since many people’s hands would have touched the Zam Zam. Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam said, ‘No, give me of that which all drink.’ Hadhrat Ibn Abbaas Radiyallahu ‘Anhu brought from that water. Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam drank and threw some of it over his eyes. He then drank a second time and again threw some over himself. (Kanz)

Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam also said, “Between us believers and the hypocrites there is this difference that while we can fill ourselves with Zam Zam they can only drink a little.” (Ibn Majah)

Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam said, “Perform Salaah on the Salaah places of the righteous and saintly ones and drink of their water.” The Sahaabah inquired, ‘O Messenger of Allah, what are the Salaah places of the saintly ones?’ Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam replied, ‘Beneath the Meezab-e-Rahmah.’ Then the Sahaabah inquired, ‘And what, O Messenger of Allah, is the water of the saintly ones?’ Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam replied, ‘Zam Zam.’ (Ithaaf)

Hadhrat Ibn ‘Abbaas Radiyallahu ‘Anhu reports that when Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam drank Zam Zam he said the following Du’aa:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمَاً نَّافِعَاً وَّ رِزْقَاً وَّاسِعَاً وَّ شِفَاءً مِّنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ
‘O Allah, grant me beneficial knowledge, abundant sustenance and a cure from all diseases.’