Is going to Zamzam mentioned in the acts of Hajj or 'Umrah, or both?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. Regarding Zamzam, is it permissible to go to Zamzam in the acts of Hajj, or in 'Umrah, or both? Going to Zamzam, because some books did not mention, I mean, after the tawaf and the prayer of two rak'ahs of tawaf, going to Zamzam. So, is it mentioned in Hajj or in 'Umrah?
The Shaykh : The scholars differ on this: whether the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) drank it as an act of worship, or whether he needed to drink and came to drink? We do not know. So, as long as the matter is doubtful—whether it is worship or a natural need—we do not legislate it unless the Messenger commanded it. He said: "Whoever performs tawaf, let him drink from the water of Zamzam." Is it not possible that the Messenger needed to drink when he performed tawaf? This is possible, without a doubt. For this reason, it has not reached me that he drank when he performed tawaf for 'Umrah, neither for the 'Umrah of al-Ji'ranah nor for the 'Umrah of al-Qada'. And on this basis, there is a very strong possibility that he drank it because he needed it. Those who did not mention it do so because they do not see it as a specific act. They see that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) needed to drink, so he drank. However, drinking from the water of Zamzam is, in principle, a desirable matter, because as that came in a good hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). But for what purpose did he drink it? It is said that he drank it to quench thirst, or to remove hunger, or to remove physical illness. As for generalizing it for everything, so that one drinks in order to get married, or to become Ibn Hisham in grammar or Ibn Taymiyyah in religion and knowledge, I do not think so. But yes, the body benefits from it by removing thirst, removing hunger, and removing illness, as came in another hadith that it is I forgot the last word, yes?
The questioner :.
The Shaykh : .
Yes. After that.
The Shaykh : The scholars differ on this: whether the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) drank it as an act of worship, or whether he needed to drink and came to drink? We do not know. So, as long as the matter is doubtful—whether it is worship or a natural need—we do not legislate it unless the Messenger commanded it. He said: "Whoever performs tawaf, let him drink from the water of Zamzam." Is it not possible that the Messenger needed to drink when he performed tawaf? This is possible, without a doubt. For this reason, it has not reached me that he drank when he performed tawaf for 'Umrah, neither for the 'Umrah of al-Ji'ranah nor for the 'Umrah of al-Qada'. And on this basis, there is a very strong possibility that he drank it because he needed it. Those who did not mention it do so because they do not see it as a specific act. They see that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) needed to drink, so he drank. However, drinking from the water of Zamzam is, in principle, a desirable matter, because
for what purpose he drank it
لما شرب لهhealing of illness and nourishment
شفاء سقم وإطعامThe questioner :
nourishment of taste
إطعام طعمThe Shaykh :
nourishment of taste
إطعام طعمYes. After that.