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| Stephanie13 |
| 03/10/04 at 12:17:57 |
| Assalam alaikum everyone, :) What should be done before taking Zam Zam water? What type of state should a person be in? What prayers ahould they say? Are they said before or after taking the water? How much water should be taken? How often should it be taken? Only once? Daily? Any advcie you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Stephanie |
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| M.F. |
| 03/10/04 at 16:04:24 |
| Dear Stephanie, I don't know of any particular prayer that goes with drinking Zamzam water, you usually make a du'aa before drinking it. The Prophet (S) said that Zamzam is for what it is drunk for, in other words, if you're drinking it and ask Allah to make it a food or medicine for you He does. I think the best is to have wudoo, to drink with your right hand and to be sitting down although the Prophet and companions did drink it standing up. One should drink one's fill of zamzam (this applies to Umrah and perhaps to any other situation you're drinking it in), the word in Arabic is "TaDallu3" and sort of means that you should keep drinking till you feel it in your ribs if you know what I mean. The Prophet (S) said that no one is capable of this except a believer (you'll see that the water is very strong and heavy). All this information I got from a talk by Amr Khaled on Hajj, he spoke specifically about the sunnah of drinking zamzam. If it's for your mother you should probably have her drink it and ask Allah to make it a cure for her. May Allah cure her. Her words that you posted made my heart very heavy. I've never communicated with her but I've always felt she was a very strong person who'd been through a lot and who deserves the best in this world and the next. |
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| timbuktu |
| 03/10/04 at 20:28:51 |
| [slm] Dear Stephanie, I hope all is well. What M.F. has said is true. any dua you make is likely to be met. If your mother can go for Umrah, it would be nice. At Mecca, they use Zam Zam water for everything. When there, people drink it as much as possible. At home, in Pakistan, people returning from Hajj or Umrah bring ZamZam for distribution. It can be kept for ages. It does not go bad. When we have only a little of it left, we add a few drops to the local water and drink it. But of course it is best if there is enough to be drunk pure. For more virtues of Zam Zam water, see the following link: http://www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/sunnah/0020.htm |
| 03/10/04 at 20:32:52 |
| timbuktu |
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| Caraj |
| 03/11/04 at 01:57:03 |
| Can someone please explain to me what this ZamZam water is? I've seen it mentione many times during my time here on the board. Thank you |
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| timbuktu |
| 03/11/04 at 04:09:54 |
| [slm] we have to go back to the time of the prophet Ibrahim (as). He was asked by Allâh (swt) to bring his wife Hajirah & infant son Ismael to Mecca. When they arrived, they found a deserted place (in a desert :) ). Ibrahim (as) left some dates in a leather jacket & a some water in a vessel. Hajirah asked why he was leaving her & their son in the desert, & Ibrahim (as) replied that it was Allâh's order. Then Hajirah said that if this was Allâh's desire, then Allâh will take care of them, and so Ibrahim left. the water was used up, there had been no travellers, & Ismael began to feel thirsty, & to cry for water. Hajrah tried to console him, but the thirst grew, and Hajirah ran over to a mound to see if any caravan or a traveller was headed that way. then she ran back to console her child. This she did seven times. & in the Hajj, the running of the pilgrims between the two hillocks Safaa and Marwah seven times is a reminder of that. By the seventh such run, she had found no one, & came back dejected. Then Ismael, in his thirst, was throwing his arms and feet around, & his foot hit a rock, and a stream of fresh water sprang forth. The water was coming out with great speed, and Hajirah was so pleased and overwhelmed, she said "zim, zim" meaning "stay put!" and she gathered around sand to stop the water from flowing. Thus was the well of ZamZam formed. The prophet said something about if Hajirah had not said: Zam, Zam, th water would have flowed until it irrigated all of (Arabia or is it Hijaz he said, please someone confirm it). zamzam is the name of the well, as well as the water. it is miraculous. The water can be kept for ages, & will stay drinkable. this well supplies water to the residents, & during Hajj days, this single source caters to millions of pilgrims. The water is now being pumped to Medina (city of the prophet) as well. this is briefly what I remember. If there is a mistake, i apologise, & hope someone will correct or expound on what I have written. |
| 03/11/04 at 04:16:08 |
| timbuktu |
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| sal |
| 03/18/04 at 15:32:37 |
| [slm] All you have to do is to say BISMALLAH and drink it or wash with it if its needed for skin or hair as a medicine . but for washing of caurse it can be mixed with normal water The dua to be said before drinking is not obligatory to pronounce a partucular words and hence only making DUAA to make this water a medicince for the user with any language will work or with out words but from heart The effctivness of the ZAMZAM depends on how much the user is faithful this is a medicine that cures &jbsp;him/her No matter who uses more than the other to be more effective as it matters to pay and give full confidence it is useful and blessed , so even few drops can do more than a barrel if it is used with trust and confidence Just use it according to the circumstance and that INSHALLAH will be very good medicine . ;-) |
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| A_Stranger |
| 03/18/04 at 18:29:57 |
| [quote author=azizah link=board=madrasa;num=1079371434;start=0#3 date=03/11/04 at 01:57:03]Can someone please explain to me what this ZamZam water is? I've seen it mentione many times during my time here on the board. Thank you[/quote] http://www.radioislam.org.za/misc/zamzam.htm |
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