Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 3 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 213

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بَابُ بَيَانِ جَوَازِ الشُّرْبِ قَائِمًا وَبَيَانِ أَنَّ الْأَكْمَلَ وَالْأَفْضَلَ الشُّرْبُ قَاعِدًا

(from previous page) ⟵ Then Abraham came again after he had been absent for a while, and entered upon the chapter explaining the permissibility of drinking while standing and that the most complete and best is to drink while sitting.

بَيْتِ ابْنِهِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَوَجَدَ الزَّوْجَةَ فَسَأَلَهَا عَنْ حَالِهِمْ، فَأَثْنَتْ عَلَى حَالِهِمْ، وَقَالَتْ: نَحْنُ بِخَيْرٍ، وَأَثْنَتْ عَلَى الْحَالِ، فَقَالَ لَهَا: أَقْرِئِي زَوْجَكِ مِنِّي السَّلَامَ وَقُولِي لَهُ: يُمْسِكُ بِعَتَبَةِ بَابِهِ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ سَأَلَ: هَلْ جَاءَ أَحَدٌ؟ قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، جَاءَنَا شَيْخٌ صِفَتُهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَأَنَّهُ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلَامَ وَيَقُولُ: يُمْسِكُ عَتَبَةَ بَابِهِ، قَالَ: ذَاكَ أَبِي، وَأَنْتِ عَتَبَةُ الْبَابِ، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُمْسِكُكِ ).

He went to his son Ishmael’s house and found his wife. When he asked about their life, she spoke well of it, saying they were doing fine. He told her, 'Give my greetings to your husband and tell him to hold fast to the threshold of his door.' When Ishmael returned, he asked if anyone had visited. She replied, 'Yes, an old man with such-and-such features came, sent you greetings, and told you to hold fast to the threshold of your door.' Ishmael said, 'That was my father, and you are the threshold of the door; he has commanded me to keep you.'

فَالْحَاصِلُ: أَنَّ زَمْزَمَ مَاءٌ مُبَارَكٌ طَعَامُ طُعْمٍ، وَشِفَاءُ سُقْمٍ)، وَ «مَاءُ زَمْزَمَ لِمَا شُرِبَ لَهُ (٣) ، إِنْ شَرِبْتَهُ لِعَطَشٍ رَوِيتَ، وَإِنْ شَرِبْتَهُ لِجُوعٍ شَبِعْتَ، حَتَّى إِنَّ بَعْضَ الْعُلَمَاءِ أَخَذَ مِنْ عُمُومِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ إِذَا كَانَ مَرِيضًا وَشَرِبَهُ لِلشِّفَاءِ شُفِيَ، وَإِذَا كَانَ كَثِيرَ النِّسْيَانِ وَشَرِبَهُ لِلْحِفْظِ صَارَ حَافِظًا، وَإِذَا شَرِبَهُ لِأَيِّ غَرَضٍ يَنْفَعُهُ، فَعَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ هَذَا الْمَاءُ مَاءٌ مُبَارَكٌ.

In short, Zamzam is blessed water that provides nourishment and healing. It is said that Zamzam is for whatever it is drunk for. If you drink it for thirst, you are quenched; if you drink it for hunger, you are satisfied. Some scholars have inferred from the general nature of this hadith that if a sick person drinks it for a cure, they are healed, or if someone prone to forgetfulness drinks it to improve their memory, they will remember. Whatever purpose it is consumed for, it brings benefit. In any case, this is truly blessed water.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (21 verbs · 44 nouns)

• وَجَدَ — to find
• سَأَلَ — to ask
• أَثْنَى — to praise
• بَابٌ — door
• بَيَانٌ — explanation
• جَوَازٌ — permissibility