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Healing with the Water of Zamzam and the Hadith: "The Water of Zamzam is for what it is drunk for"

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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh is asked about the water of Zamzam. He says: It is reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) two hadiths. One of them says: The water
Zamzam is a food that is tasted and a cure for sicknessزمزم طعام طعم وشفاء سقم
Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq 12:1015
and the hadith
The water of Zamzam is for whatever it is drunk for.ماء زمزم لما شرب له
Sunan Ibn Majah 3062Hasan (Darussalam)
says: How is healing with the water of Zamzam? And what is meant by his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): "for what it is drunk for"?

Answer:
The hadith is weak, as I recall, it is a weak hadith. As for the water of Zamzam, it is blessed water. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) drank from it and commanded drinking from it, filling his chest with it, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him. So it is blessed water, and it is recommended (mustahabb) for the pilgrim and the one performing 'Umrah to drink from it, by the testimony of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). As for the hadiths reported that "the food is a taste, a cure for sickness," and that "it is for what it is drunk for," no, these are weak hadiths, as far as I know. Yes.
Source لقاء مفتوح — alfawzan.live (41:43)

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