Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
What is special about the zamzam water? People think if you drink it, and make a wish, your wish will come true. Is that true?
Answer:
Walaikum assalam,
There are things that Allah has made special. The water of Zamzam is one of these things.
Imam Nawawi (Allah have mercy on him) explained this in his Majmu` [8.250-251], a commentary on Imam Shirazi’s Muhadhdhab, saying,
“It is recommended to drink from Zamzam’s water and it is recommended to drink it for one’s needs, whether of the next life or this life ”
He explained that this is based on the hadith of the Prophet (Allah bless him & give him peace) said, “The water of Zamzam is for that which it was drunk for.” [Ahmad and Ibn Maja]
And the Prophet (Allah bless him & give him peace) said, “It is blessed. It is nourishing food, and a healing for sickness.” [Muslim, from Abu Dharr (Allah be pleased with him)]
Abu Dharr (Allah be pleased with him) spent 30 days in Mecca, when he was looking for the Prophet (Allah bless him & give him peace) before becoming Muslim, with only the water of Zamzam as nourishment, and he actually increased in weight. [Abu Nu`aym, Hilyat al-Awliya 1.159; Ibn Sa`d, al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, 4.221; Fakihi, Akhbar Makka, 2.29]
The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) is reported to have said, “The best of water on earth is Zamzam.” [Tabarani, from Abd Allah ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him and his father)
And Allah alone gives success.
Walaikum assalam,
Faraz Rabbani.
Wassalam,
Faraz Rabbani,
Amman, Jordan.
