“It seems the pilgrims never even came near Minā today,
Nor carried off from its valley a tooth-stick or a sandal.
They returned to us yet spared not a single arak twig,
Nor set in a child’s little palm so much as one date.” (1)
Among the finest gifts is Zamzam water, for it is blessed. The Prophet ﷺ said of it, “It is blessed; it is food that suffices and a cure for illness.” (2)
Jābir relates that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Zamzam water is for whatever purpose it is drunk.” (3) It is also reported that the Prophet ﷺ used to carry Zamzam water in small flasks and waterskins, pouring it over the sick and giving it to them to drink. (4)
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(1) See Saud b. Ibrahim al-Shuraim, al-Minhaj li-l-Muʿtamir wa-l-Hajj, p. 124.
(2) Reported by Muslim, Book of the Merits of the Companions, chapter “Some of the merits of Abu Dharr,” no. 2473. The wording placed in brackets appears in the versions of al-Bazzar, al-Bayhaqi, and al-Tabarani. Its chain of transmission is sahih; see al-Haythami, Majmaʿ al-Zawaʾid, 3:286.
(3) Reported by Ibn Majah, Book of Rites, chapter “Drinking from Zamzam,” no. 3062; by al-Bayhaqi, Sunan al-Kubra 5:202; and by Ahmad, Musnad 3:372. Declared sahih by al-Albani in Sahih Ibn Majah 3:59, Irwaʾ al-Ghalil no. 1123, and al-Sahihah no. 883.
(4) Reported by al-Tirmidhi, Book of Hajj, chapter 115, no. 963 (abridged); and by al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak 1:485. Graded sahih by al-Albani in al-Sahihah no. 883 and Sahih al-Jamiʿ no. 4931.