Facts About Zamzam

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Facts About Zamzam

Source: Hajj and its Intention

http://www.ezsoftech.com/hajj/hajj1.asp

 

What's cooled, refreshing and will quench your thirst in the hot,

Arabian desert? If you answered (fill in the name of the latest fad

soft drink), you're wrong.

 

Zamzam is the name of the well that provides the water to billions

of people, have thirstily drunk from throughout history, especially

during the Hajj pilgrimage.

 

It is linked to some of the most important personalities in world

history: the Prophets Ibrahim and Ismail (peace be upon them) and

Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him & his family), as well as

Ismail's mother Hajira (may Allah be pleased with her).

 

The Zamzam well is located in Makkah, which is the heart of the Hajj

pilgrimage. Standing only a few meters east of the Kaaba, the well

is 35 meters deep and topped by an elegant dome.

 

How the Zamzam came into being

All traditions agree that Allah created the well to provide Hajira,

the wife of Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him), and her baby

Prophet Ismail (peace be upon him) with water in the hot, dry valley

they were in.

 

In her desperate search for water, Hajira ran seven times back and

forth in the scorching heat between the two hills of Safa and Marwa

to provide for her baby who was dying of thirst. Today, this same

act is a necessary rite of Hajj all Muslims, mothers and fathers,

must complete.

 

Prophet Ibrahim settled his family there as part of God's mission

for him. The first thing Hajira had to do then was to look for water

in the area. She was searching for it while watching at her son and

would run whenever she could not see Ismail. Allah saw her effort

and miraculously blessed the spot with a water spring.