{"id":2949,"date":"2016-01-25T06:31:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T06:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/v2\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2016-01-25T06:40:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T06:40:59","slug":"the-discovery-and-excavation-of-the-zamzam-spring-by-maulana-abdul-muttalib-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/misbah\/qesasalanbiyah\/the-discovery-and-excavation-of-the-zamzam-spring-by-maulana-abdul-muttalib-as\/","title":{"rendered":"The Discovery and Excavation of the Zamzam Spring by Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup>"},"content":{"rendered":"

One night Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup> saw an approaching figure in his dreams who ordered, \u201cDig the Zamzam, the lost article of the great Sheikh!\u201d Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup> awoke and exclaimed, \u201cO Lord, elucidate this matter for me.\u201d He then rested once more. The figure once more approached him and ordered, \u201cDig the Zamzam, that whose water will never empty!\u201d Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup>\u00a0awoke once more and exclaimed,\u201c O Lord, elucidate this matter for me.\u201d For the third time the figure appeared and ordered, \u201cDig the Zamzam, which will quench the thirst of the great pilgrims.\u201d He awoke and exclaimed, \u201cO Lord, elucidate this matter for me.\u201d He was then ordered, \u201cDig the hidden treasure, that which has been hidden from all people except you.\u201d He further pleaded, \u201cO Lord, elucidate this matter for me.\u201d He was then ordered, \u201cDig the Zamzam, between the bowels and blood, where the crow is searching, on top of the ant-hill, in front of the red idols\u201d.<\/p>\n

He walked towards al-Masjid al-\u1e24ar\u0101m and waited for what he was foretold. He remained in this state until a bovine approached that a group had slaughtered. It had run away from its butcher with its last breaths remaining until it fell in the Masjid. The butcher captured the bovine, slaughtered him at that very spot, skinned him, and carried away his meat. Then, a crow approached and fell into the remaining cow bowels, and searched for an ant-hill.<\/p>\n

Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup> stood up and began to dig at the very spot where this had all transpired. Members of his tribe, Quraysh came to him and asked, \u201cWhat are you doing? Why are you are digging in our masjid, and we know for sure that you are not ignorant.\u201d Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup> answered, \u201cI am digging a well here and will confront any one who stops me from doing so\u201d. They desisted from stopping him for they were well aware of his pre-eminence and firm adherence to his faith. Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup>\u00a0continued to dig until he uncovered swords and shields buried by the Zamzam at the same time it was hidden. Quraysh ordered him to, \u201cgive to us that which you have found.\u201d Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup>\u00a0replied, \u201cIt is for the Baitullah.\u201d Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup> continued digging until he found water, he then made a well so that the water would never empty and made upon it a sink-basin.<\/p>\n

Zamzam was the well of Maulana Ismail AS<\/sup>. When he travelled to Jurhum from Makkah he buried treasures with the Zamzam, sealed the hole, and hid its location. When Quraysh came to know that this was the well of Maulana Ibrahim AS<\/sup> and Maulana Ismail AS<\/sup> and that Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup> was gifted with it and chosen to uncover it and its treasures their respect for him grew. Zamzam is the well of Maulana Ismail AS<\/sup> that Allah provided for him to drink from when he was thirsty in his youth.<\/p>\n

After Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup>\u00a0had excavated the Zamzam, Quraysh ended its practice of providing pilgrims with water from other sources. People came to the Zamzam seeking its blessing, drinking its water, and bathing in its basin. The bathing caused its water to spoil. Subsequently, Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup> was told in a dream to say, \u201cO Allah I do not permit that the Zamzam be used for bathing, but only for drinking and seeking cure.\u201d After he had\u00a0conveyed this directive, not a single person bathed in the Zamzam, but was afflicted with a malady. When people witnessed this they all ceased bathing in it.<\/p>\n

It is said that in the well Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup>\u00a0found a deer forged of gold, some say two deers, and lots of jewelry which Quraysh claimed as theirs. It was then decided to settle this dispute by picking arrows (picking arrows or Darb al-Sihaam was a method of settling disputes, or adjudication, in the Jaahiliyyah where both parties had designated arrows amongst a large bundle and whoevers arrow was picked was the winner of the dispute). Ultimately the arrow in favour of Baitullah was picked, so it was decorated with these treasures. These were the first jewels that the Baitullah was decorated with.<\/p>\n

It is narrated by Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali AS<\/sup> that when Quraysh witnessed the treasures that Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup> uncovered from digging the Zamzam they gathered around him and said, \u201cO \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib, this is the well of our father Ismail and we are entitled to it so make us partners in it and the treasures that you have uncovered within it.\u201d Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup>\u00a0replied, \u201cI will not do that, indeed this is a matter for which I have been chosen over you and been bestowed with amongst you all\u201d. However, Quraysh\u00a0refused and continued to demand their share. They called him towards adjudication in this matter and that they should go to the soothsayer of Bani Saad bin Huzaim. Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup>\u00a0along with a representation from each tribe that made up Quraysh journeyed to the soothsayer. The route was one of barren deserts. When they reached one of the deserts between Hijaz and Shaam the water supply of Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup> and his companions depleted. They sought water from the various tribes of Quraysh that accompanied them, but they refused and replied, \u201cWe are in a barren land and we fear upon ourselves that which has befallen you.\u201d Upon hearing this response, they all began to dig holes and sat in them proclaiming, \u201cHe who is left amongst us will bury those that die.\u201d Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup> exclaimed, \u201cBy Allah! Our meeting of death in this manner, with our own hands, without exploring the ground and seeking water for ourselves is indeed failure\u201d. He stood up and mounted his camel. The moment his camel raised its hoof to proceed, a spring of sweet water surged from under it. Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS<\/sup> and his companions exclaimed, \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d. They all proceeded towards the spring, quenched their thirsts from it and filled their vessels with water. They then called the accompanying tribes of Quraysh, \u201cCome, for indeed Allah has served us water.\u201d They all drank. The people of Quraysh then accepted, \u201cBy Allah, He has settled our dispute in your favour, O \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib. We will never dispute the Zamzam with you. Indeed, the One that has provided you water in this desert is the very One who has provided to you the Zamzam. So, return to your rightly guided deed of offering water\u201d. They all returned to Makkah al-Mukarramah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One night Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS saw an approaching figure in his dreams who ordered, \u201cDig the Zamzam, the lost article of the great Sheikh!\u201d Maulana \u00b4Abdul-Muttalib AS awoke and exclaimed, \u201cO Lord, elucidate this matter for me.\u201d He then rested once more. The figure once more approached him and ordered, \u201cDig the Zamzam, that whose …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2949"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2951,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions\/2951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}