Zamzam water: Healing and Spiritual Experiences for Muslim Pilgrims

Abstract

Muslim believes that Zamzam water has special healing power because of its special properties. Drinking Zamzam water is a part of Hajj and Umrah rituals. The study will deal with the relation between Zamzam water and healing as it is presented and explained in the Islamic teachings.

Zamzam is a well in Mecca that has been providing water to pilgrims for thousands of years now. Over the last 4000 years, Millions of Muslims have performed Hajj and Umrah and sought the blessing of Zamzam water which has never ceased to flow ever since. The Qur’an has declared ‘and we have made of water everything living, will they not then believe’ Q21:30. Zamzam is an immortal, non-recurrent miracle, and hundreds of millions of Muslims have used this blessed water through the ages. Because of its religious nature, Zamzam possesses an unmatchable identity and it stands out as holy and sacred in the eyes of Muslims all over the Islamic World.

This paper introduces the Islamic approach to life following the Islamic life and thoughts. The study then investigates the scientific facts of Zamzam water and the benefits of drinking its water by pilgrims visiting Mecca. Finally, the paper will discuss what makes Zamzam water special and different from any other kind of water. The study holds it has been proved medically and chemically that the water of Zamzam contains elements that are valuable for organs in the body such as the stomach, liver, intestines and kidneys.