The Well of Zamzam – Explanation and Clarification

بئر زمزم – بيان وتوضيح

The Well of Zamzam – Explanation and Clarification

Translated by: Reza Ervani bin Asmanu

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السؤال:

Question:

هل بئر زمزم موجودة حتى الآن وما يخرج من ماء في المكان المخصص للبئر بالحرم المكي هو فعلا من ماء زمزم عبر القرون أم أنها جفت وما يخرج من ماء هي آبار آخرى بمكة وليست زمزم ؟ وجزاكم الله كل خيراً..

Does the well of Zamzam still exist until now? And is the water coming out in the place designated for the well in the Makkah Sanctuary truly from the water of Zamzam throughout the centuries, or has it dried up and the water coming out is from other wells in Makkah and not Zamzam? May Allah reward you with all goodness.

الإجابــة:

Answer:

الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله، وعلى آله وصحبه، أما بعد:

All praise is due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, his family, and his companions. To proceed:

فإن زمزم اسم للبئر المشهورة في المسجد الحرام بينها وبين الكعبة المشرفة ثمان وثمانون ذراعاً، ولا تزال هذه البئر بحمد الله تعالى قائمة تضخ المياه الطيبة المباركة من ذلك التاريخ وإلى اليوم.

Indeed, Zamzam is the name for the famous well in the Sacred Mosque, between which and the Noble Ka’bah is eighty-eight cubits. This well, by the praise of Allah Ta’ala, remains standing, pumping the good, blessed water from that history until today.

وليس ذلك امتدادا من أماكن أخرى إذ ليست بحاجة إلى ذلك، لأنها مكرمة من الله تعالى العلي القدير، وقد روى البخاري عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنه أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:

And it is not an extension from other places as it is not in need of that, because it is an honor (makramah) from Allah Ta’ala, the Most High, the All-Powerful. Al-Bukhari reported from Ibn ‘Abbas radhiallahu ‘anhu that the Prophet shallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam said:

يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ أُمَّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ لَوْ تَرَكَتْ زَمْزَمَ – أَوْ قَالَ: لَوْ لَمْ تَغْرِفِ الْمَاءَ – لَكَانَتْ زَمْزَمُ عَيْنًا مَعِينًا

“May Allah have mercy on the mother of Ishmael! Had she left Zamzam—or he said: Had she not scooped up the water—Zamzam would have been a flowing spring.” (HR. Al-Bukhari)

وفي رواية: لو تركته كان الماء ظاهراً وهذا يدل على غزارة الماء واستمراره.

And in a narration: “Had she left it, the water would have appeared on the surface of the earth.” This indicates the abundance and continuity of the water.

والدليل على ذلك أن هذه البئر لم تخلُ يوماً من الأيام من الواردين لها للارتواء من مائها، ولم يتغير ذلك أبداً. و في عصرنا الحاضر استخدم في استخراج مائها الآلات الحديثة تسهيلاً وتيسيراً على الناس.

The proof for this is that this well has never been empty on any single day of people coming to it to quench their thirst from its water, and that has never changed at all. In our contemporary era, modern machinery has been used to extract its water to bring ease and facilitation to the people.

ولمنزيد من الفائدة ننصح الأخ بالاطلاع على رسالة بعنوان فضل ماء زمزم للمؤلف بكداش فهي رسالة قيمة.

For further benefit, we advise the brother to look into a treatise entitled Fadhlu Ma’i Zamzam by the author Bakdash, for it is a valuable treatise.

والله أعلم.

And Allah knows best.

Source: IslamWeb