Sirat Ibn Hisham 165
An Account of the Digging of Zamzam and the Dispute That Occurred Regarding It
ذِكْرُ حَفْرِ زَمْزَمَ وَمَا جَرَى مِنْ الْخُلْفِ فِيهَا [ الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي أُرِيهَا عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ فِي حَفْرِ زَمْزَمَ ] ثُمَّ إنَّ عَبْدَ الْمُطَّلِبِ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ نَائِمٌ فِي الْحِجْرِ إذْ أُتِيَ فَأُمِرَ بِحَفْرِ زَمْزَمَ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَا اُبْتُدِئَ بِهِ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ مِنْ حَفْرِهَا، كَمَا حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ الْمِصْرِيِّ عَنْ مَرْثَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْيَزَنِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زُرَيْرٍ الْغَافِقِيِّ: أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلَيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ يُحَدِّثُ حَدِيثَ زَمْزَمَ حِينَ أُمِرَ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ بِحَفْرِهَا، قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ: إنِّي لَنَائِمٌ فِي الْحِجْرِ إذْ أَتَانِي آتٍ فَقَالَ: احْفِرْ طَيْبَةَ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَمَا طَيْبَةُ ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ عَنِّي. فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ رَجَعْتُ إلَى مَضْجَعِي فَنِمْتُ فِيهِ، فَجَاءَنِي فَقَالَ: احْفِرْ بَرَّةَ. قَالَ: وَمَا بَرَّةُ ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ عَنِّي، فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ رَجَعْتُ إلَى مَضْجَعِي فَنِمْتُ فِيهِ، فَجَاءَنِي فَقَالَ: احْفِرْ الْمَضْنُونَةَ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: وَمَا الْمَضْنُونَةُ ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ عَنِّي. فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ رَجَعْتُ إلَى مَضْجَعِي فَنِمْتُ فِيهِ، فَجَاءَنِي فَقَالَ: احْفِرْ زَمْزَمَ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَمَا زَمْزَمُ ؟ قَالَ: لَا تَنْزِفُ أَبَدًا وَلَا تُذَمُّ، تَسْقِي الْحَجِيجَ الْأَعْظَمَ، وَهِيَ بَيْنَ الْفَرْثِ وَالدَّمِ، عِنْدَ نُقْرَةِ الْغُرَابِ الْأَعْصَمِ، عِنْدَ قَرْيَةِ النَّمْلِ.
Translation
✧ Mention of the digging of Zamzam and what occurred of dispute over it [The vision that was shown to ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib regarding the digging of Zamzam] Then, while ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was sleeping in the Ḥijr, he was approached and commanded to dig Zamzam. Ibn Isḥāq said: The first thing with which ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib began the digging of it, as Yaḥyā b. Abī Ḥabīb al-Miṣrī related to me from Marthad b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Yazanī from ʿAbd Allāh b. Zurayr al-Ghāfiqī, that he heard ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib ؓ relating the story of Zamzam when ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was commanded to dig it. He said: ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib said: While I was sleeping in the Ḥijr, someone came to me and said, “Dig Ṭaybah.” He said: I said, “And what is Ṭaybah?” He said: Then he went away from me. When the next day came, I returned to my resting place and slept in it, and he came to me and said, “Dig Barrah.” He said: I said, “And what is Barrah?” He said: Then he went away from me. When the next day came, I returned to my resting place and slept in it, and he came to me and said, “Dig al-Maḍnūnah.” He said: I said, “And what is al-Maḍnūnah?” He said: Then he went away from me. When the next day came, I returned to my resting place and slept in it, and he came to me and said, “Dig Zamzam.” He said: I said, “And what is Zamzam?” He said: “It never runs dry and is never blamed; it gives drink to the greatest pilgrimage; it is between the dung and the blood, at the pecking place of the white-footed crow, at the village of the ants.”
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