The Ruling on Drinking Water in Three Sips
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: You mentioned that one drinks the water of Zamzam in three sips. The question is: Is this a recommended practice (sunnah)? And regarding the hadith that came about drinking water in three sips, if one’s soul did not commit a sin, as long as there is some of this water in his stomach?
The Shaykh:
I do not know this hadith, but the recommended practice (sunnah) in drinking water in general, whether it is the water of Zamzam or otherwise, is to drink it in three sips. This is the recommended practice (sunnah). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In the saying of Allah the Exalted,
The Shaykh:
with a single sip, he resembles the beast. We are forbidden from imitating animals. The one who drinks with a single sip resembles the beast. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: You mentioned that one drinks the water of Zamzam in three sips. The question is: Is this a recommended practice (sunnah)? And regarding the hadith that came about drinking water in three sips, if one’s soul did not commit a sin, as long as there is some of this water in his stomach?
The Shaykh:
I do not know this hadith, but the recommended practice (sunnah) in drinking water in general, whether it is the water of Zamzam or otherwise, is to drink it in three sips. This is the recommended practice (sunnah). Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In the saying of Allah the Exalted,
The Shaykh:
with a single sip, he resembles the beast. We are forbidden from imitating animals. The one who drinks with a single sip resembles the beast. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [724 -954] هل من السنة أن يشرب ماء زمزم بثلاثة أنفاس، وما صحة حديث «من شرب الماء بثلاثة أنفاس ..؟ — youtube.com
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