Is there a virtue to the water of Zamzam other than drinking it?

The questioner : The questioner asks: Is there a virtue to the water of Zamzam other than drinking it, such as bathing with it, sprinkling it on the grave of the deceased, or washing the deceased with it?

The Shaykh : I am not aware of any special merit for it other than drinking. It is mentioned in some hadiths to sprinkle it on the body or on the clothes, but what is established is drinking. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . And that it is food and a cure. Accordingly, if you drink the water of Zamzam, it will suffice you from food, if you drink it for the purpose of being satisfied by it instead of food, because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, caused it to spring forth for that purpose. The story of the mother of Isma'il is well known to many people. The mother of Isma'il, Hajar (may Allah be pleased with her).
Ibrahim al-Khalil (peace be upon him) brought her and her son to Makkah by the command of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. He left the woman and her child, and placed some water and some food with them. Stay with us, people. O Arabs, O sons of Isma'il, listen. Ibrahim left the woman and her child here, at the House of Allah, the Sacred, and left food and drink with them, and he went away, leaving the woman and her child. She said, "O Ibrahim, to whom are you leaving us?" He said, "To Allah, Mighty and Majestic." She said, "Allah is sufficient." The woman remained, eating from the food and drinking from the water, and nursing the child. She was nursing the child.
The food ran out and the water ran out, and the woman became hungry and thirsty. Out of necessity, when she was hungry and thirsty, what happened? The milk decreased, and the child began to cry, wanting to nurse, and there was no one with them except the Lord of the Worlds (Mighty and Majestic). So she looked toward the nearest mountain to her. And it was Mount al-Safa. She climbed al-Safa, listening and looking, because there was no one around her, and she heard nothing. She descended from al-Safa heading toward another mountain on the other side, which is al-Marwah. And between them was a valley, meaning a streambed. When she descended the valley, she ran with great speed in order to watch over the child, so she kept running. Until she climbed the valley and she kept walking in her usual manner to al-Marwah. She climbed al-Marwah, listening and looking to see if there was anyone. This was the first lap, the second was the same, the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, after the completion of the previous one. She heard a voice. So she said, "Hass, hass," meaning, what is this sound? "Help me, if you have help." And lo, Jibril the Commander (peace be upon him) descended by the command of Allah and struck with his wing or his heel the place of Zamzam until the water gushed forth. Glory be to Allah the Great. Indeed, the command of Allah is only when He wills The water was of benefit, so she collected the water because she was thirsty and the child was hungry, and she began to build a stone enclosure around the water so that it would not flow away, due to her intense longing for it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: But by the wisdom of Allah, she enclosed it. Do you not see? If there had been a river here next to the Ka'bah, would it tire the people or not? It would tire them, without a doubt. But by the wisdom of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), she enclosed the water, and she drank from this water, and it was sufficient for her in place of food. For this reason, the water of Zamzam is food that satisfies and a cure for illness; it is sufficient in place of eating and drinking. The birds began to come to this water to drink. And there were people around this place who were herding their livestock, so they saw the birds gathering in this place, and they said, "How do they gather in this place when there is no water around us?" So they followed them and found Isma'il and his mother in this place, and they settled with them, and it became a city thereafter. Glory be to Allah! So the point is that the water of Zamzam is a blessing that suffices in place of food, and if a person drinks it and has an illness, seeking thereby for Allah to cure him of it, it is a cause for healing. Yes.

The questioner : May you love Allah.

The Shaykh : The oral question is prohibited, but there is no harm in writing a paper. Yes.