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Hadith 3062

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُؤَمَّلِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا الزُّبَيْرِ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " مَاءُ زَمْزَمَ لِمَا شُرِبَ لَهُ " .
´It was narrated that Jabir bin ‘Abdullah said:` “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘The water of Zamzam is for whatever it is drunk for.’”
Hadith Reference سنن ابن ماجه / كتاب المناسك / 3062
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: ضعيف, إسناده ضعيف, عبد اللّٰه بن مؤمل ضعيف, و قيل: تابعه إبراھيم بن طھمان عند البيھقي (5/ 202) و لكن سنده ضعيف،فيه أحمد بن إسحاق بن شيبان البغدادي ولم أجد له ترجمة, و للحديث شواھد ضعيفة عند الطبراني (الأوسط: 3827) وغيره, انوار الصحيفه، صفحه نمبر 486
Hadith Takhrij «تفرد بہ ابن ماجہ ، ( تحفة الأشراف : 2784 ، ومصباح الزجاجة : 1064 ) ، وقد أخرجہ : مسند احمد ( 3/357 ، 372 ) ( صحیح ) » ( اس سند میں عبداللہ بن مؤمل ضعیف راوی ہیں ، لیکن حدیث دوسرے طرق کی وجہ سے صحیح ہے ، ملاحظہ ہو : الإرواء : 1123 )
Brief Explanation
1؎: If a person drinks Zamzam water for healing, he will attain healing; if he drinks it to fill his stomach, he will not feel the need for food; if he drinks it to quench his thirst, his thirst will be quenched. In any case, whatever intention he drinks it with, that very benefit—if Allah wills—will be attained, whether it is a worldly benefit or one for the Hereafter. This is correct, and many of the Imams of the religion have drunk Zamzam for various purposes, and whatever purpose they had, it was fulfilled.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:

Zamzam water is blessed.
It should be drunk to attain blessings.


When drinking Zamzam, one should keep a righteous intention in the heart, and even supplicate verbally.


Zamzam should be taken along to one’s homeland as well. (Jami’ al-Tirmidhi, Book of Hajj, Chapter: What has been reported regarding carrying Zamzam water, Hadith: 963)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3062