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Subject: FW: [uum] [ Zam Zam Waters]]
ZAM ZAM Water
Research by Tariq Hussain, Riyadh By MOIN UDDIN AHMED
Comes the Hajj season, and I am reminded of the wonders of Zumzum
water.
Let me go back to how it all started. In 1971, an Egyptian doctor wrote
to the European Press, a letter saying that Zumzum water was not fit for
drinking purposes. I immediately thought that this was just a form of
prejudice against the Muslims and that since his statement was based on
the assumption that since the Ka'aba was a shallow place (below sea
level) and located in
the enter of the city of Makkah, the wastewater of the city collecting
through the drains fell into well holding the water.
Fortunately, the news came to King Faisal's ears who got extremely angry
and decided to disprove the Egyptian doctor's provocative statement. He
immediately ordered the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources to
investigate and send samples of Zumzum water to European laboratories
for testing the potability of the water.
The ministry then instructed the Jeddah Power and Desalination Plants to
carry out this task.
It was here that I was employed as a desalting engineer (chemical
engineer to produce drinking water from sea water). I was chosen to
carry out this assignment. At this stage, I > remember that I had no
idea what the well holding the water looked like. I went to Makkah and
reported to the authorities at the Ka'aba explaining my purpose of
visit.
They deputed a man to give me whatever help was required. When we
reached the well, it was hard for me to believe that a pool of water,
more like a small pond, about 18 by 14 feet, was the well that supplied
millions of gallons of water every year to hajis ever since it came into
existence at the time of Hazrat Ibrahim A.S., many, many centuries ago.
I started my investigations and took the dimensions of the well. I asked
the man to show me the depth of the well. First he took a shower and
descended into the water. Then he straightened his body. I saw that the
water level came up to just above his shoulders. His height was around
five feet, eight inches. He then started moving from one corner to the
ther in the well (standing all the while since he was not allowed to dip
his head into the water) in search of any inlet or pipeline inside the
well to see from where the water came in. However, the man reported that
he could not find any inlet or pipeline inside the well.
I thought of another idea. The water could be withdrawn rapidly with the
help of a big transfer pump which was installed at the well for the
Zumzum water storage tanks. In this way, the water level would drop
enabling us to locate the point of entry of the water.
Surprisingly, nothing was observed during the pumping period, but I
knew that this was the only method by which you could find the entrance
of the water to the well. So I decided to repeat the process. But this
time I instructed the man to stand still at one place and carefully
observe any unusual thing happening inside the well. After a while, he
suddenly raised his hands and shouted,
"Alhamdollillah! I have found it. The sand is dancing beneath my feet
as the water oozes out of the bed of the well."
Then he moved around the well during the pumping period and noticed the
same phenomenon everywhere in the well. Actually the flow of water into
the well through the bed was equal at every point, thus keeping the
level of the later steady. After I finished my observations I took the
samples of the water for European laboratories to test. Before I left
the Ka'aba, I asked the authorities about the other wells around Makkah.
I was told that these wells were mostly dry. When I reached my office in
Jeddah I reported my findings to my boss who listened with great
interest but made a very irrational comment that the Zumzum well could
be internally connected to the Red Sea. How was it possible when Makkah
is about 75 kilometers away from the sea and the wells located before
the city usually remains dry? The results of the water samples tested by
the European laboratories and the one We analyzed in our own laboratory
were found to be almost identical.
The difference between Zumzum water and other water (city water) was in
the quantity of calcium and magnesium salts. The content of these was
slightly higher in Zumzum water. This may be why this water refreshes
tired hajis, but more significantly, the water contains fluorides that
have an effective germicidal action. Moreover, the remarks of the
European laboratories showed that the water was fit for drinking. Hence
the statement made by the Egyptian doctor was proved false.
When this was reported to King Faisal he was extremely pleased and
ordered the contradiction of the report in the European Press. In a
way, it was a blessing that this study was undertaken to show the
chemical composition of the water.
In fact, the more you explore, the more wonders surface and you find
yourself believing implicitly in the miracles of this water that God
bestowed as a gift on the faithful coming from far and wide to the
desert land for pilgrimage.
Let me sum up some of the features of Zumzum water. This well has never
dried up. On the contrary it has always fulfilled the demand for water.
It has always maintained the same salt composition and taste ever since
it came into existence. Its potability has always been universally
recognized as pilgrims from all over the world visit Ka'aba every year
for Hajj and umrah, but have never complained about it. Instead, they
have always enjoyed the water that refreshes them. Water tastes
different at different places.
Zumzum water's appeal has always been universal. This water has never
been chemically treated or chlorinated as is the case with water pumped
into the cities. Biological growth and vegetation usually takes place
in most wells. This makes the water unpalatable owing to the growth of
algae causing taste and odor problems.
But in the case of the Zumzum water well, there wasn't any sign of
biological growth. Centuries ago, Bibi Hajra A.S. searche desperately
for water in the hills of Sufwa and Murwa to give to her newly born son
Hazrat Ismail A.S. As she ran from one place to another in search of
water, her child rubbed his feet against the sand. A pool of water
surfaced, and by the grace of God, shaped itself into a well which came
to be called Zumzum water.
Please pass this on to everyone you know
Jazak Allah-o-Khairun
Forwarded by Hasan Mahmood Shami
October 11, 2000
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