Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 36
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa as to Hadrat Hājirah and Hadrat Isma'il were depleted, Ḥadrat Ismā'il, a small child at that time, became extremely thirsty, started to toss around and restlessly kick his feet on the sandy ground. Haḍrat Hajirah, seeing the suffering of her child, started to run in search of water back and forth between the two hills known as Safa and Marwah. Sometimes she would run up to the Safa hill and other times she would run up to the Marwah mountain. In this way she completed seven circuits of the two hills while crying and praying to God Almighty for help. Suddenly, she heard a voice saying, "O Hājirah, God Almighty has listened to you and your child's cries for help. " When Haḍrat Hājirah looked towards her son, she was overjoyed to see that water was gushing out of the place where her son was rubbing his feet. Hadrat Hajirah put sand and stones around the spring to contain the water. God Almighty made the race of Hadrat Hājirah between the two hills as part of the Hajj forever. This is known as 'Sa 7 i. e. , running between Safa and Marwah. This spring is famous as the 'Zamzam Well'. . When Banu Jurhum came to know about the water they asked Ḥadrat. Hajirah for permission to settle close to the spring, which she happily granted. When Hadrat Isma'il" became a young man he married the daughter of the chief of Banu Jurhum. as. The site of the well was later forgotten for a time, for it had been filled up with stones and a treasure trove by the Jurhumites who inhabited. Mecca before the Quraish. Its site was rediscovered by the grandfather of the Holy Prophet", 'Abdul Muttalib. To drink the water of Zamzam is a rite of both the lesser and the greater pilgrimages. Today the well is not open at the surface; instead the water is led off to underground galleries reached by a flight of stairs where numerous faucets supply the water to scores of people at a time. The water supply is extremely copious, enough for thousands of people daily. The water is carried by pilgrims to all parts of the world as blessed water. . In the Holy Qur'an performing the circuits in the memory of Ḥadrat. Hajirah's desperate running between the two hills is described: 36