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Q: 229 ? Title: Can we dilute Zam Zam water with normal tap water to make extra Zam Zam water? Can this be done on a continuous basis eg. you have a botlle of Zam Zam water and as it gets nearly empy you refill this with normal tap water. This is done over and over again.

Question

Can we dilute Zam Zam water with normal tap water to make extra Zam Zam water? Can this be done on a continuous basis eg. you have a botlle of Zam Zam water and as it gets nearly empy you refill this with normal tap water. This is done over and over again.

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

Zam-zam water is one of the many signs of Allah Ta?ala. Zam-zam enjoys a lot of virtues and blessings. Below are some virtues:

1. Zam-zam water is from jannah (paradise).
2. Zam-zam is the best water on earth.
3. Zam-zam is a cure for every sickness.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abb?s ??? ???? ????? ???reports that Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????mentioned:

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The best water on the surface of this world is zam-zam. In it is food for the hungry and cure for the sick. (Tabar?ni)

Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????used to fill Zam-zam in water bags and sprinkle over the ill and give them to drink.

1. The blessed saliva of Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????is mixed in Zam-zam. Sayyiduna Ibn Abb?s ??? ???? ????? ???reports that Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????relates that Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????came to the well of Zam-zam so we drew out a bucket of water. Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????drank some water and spat out some back in the bucket. We poured the bucket back into the well. (Ahmad)

1. Sayyiduna Jabir ??? ???? ????? ???reports that Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????said:

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Zam-zam is for what it is drank. (i.e. whatever intention/dua is made when drinking Zam-zam it will be fulfilled). (Ibn Majah)

1. Drinking a lot of Zam-zam is a sign of Im?n and disliking Zam-zam is a sign of hypocrisy.

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Sayyiduna Ibn Abb?s ??? ???? ????? ???relates that Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????mentioned:

?The difference between us and the hypocrites is that they do not drink a lot of Zam-zam. (Ibn Majah)

(Taken from the book Fadh Ma?iz Zam-zam).

Faqihul Ummah Hadhrat Mufti Mahmood ???? ???? ?????was questioned:

Q.??????? It is famous regarding Zam-zam water that by adding other water to it the blessings of Zam-zam does not decrease. To support this, the narration of Nasa?I is cited that some people came to Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????. Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????gave them the left over water of His wudhu and told that when it is almost finish then add other water to it. Is this correct?

A.??????? Yes this is correct. Insha Allah by adding other water to Zam-zam the blessings of Zam-zam will remain and not decrease.

The narration of Nasa?I referred to in the question is as follows:

??? ??????? (? 2 / ? 38) 701

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Sayyiduna Talq ibn Ali ??? ???? ?????relates that we went as a delegation to meet Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????. We took bay?ah (pledged allegiance) and performed sal?h with Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????. We also informed Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????that there is a church in our land. We requested Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????for the left over water of his wudhu. Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????called for water, performed wudhu, gargled his mouth and spat the water in a container. Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????ordered us that when you return home break the church, pour this water in that place and make that a masjid. We replied: O Nabi of Allah ??? ???? ???? ????we live in a far off land, the heat is also extreme the water will evaporate. Nabi ??? ???? ???? ????replied add water to it. It will only increase in good (i.e. the blessed water will increase the added water in its blessings).

Malfooz?t Faqihul Ummah Pg. 15 Maktabah Mahmoodiyyah Mirat.

And Allah knows best

Wassalamu Alaikum

Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In'aamiyyah

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