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Hadith About Safa And Marwa,the Well Zam-zam,and The Building Of The Ka'aba by Qtsnow(m): 8:29am On Mar 25, 2015
The Hadith has been broken down for easy digest.
Narrated by Ibn Abbas:
The first lady to use a girdle was the mother of Ishmael. She used a
girdle so that she might hide her tracks from Sarah. Abraham brought
her and her son Ishmael while she was suckling him, to a place near the
Ka'ba under a tree on the spot of Zam-zam, at the highest place in the
mosque. During those days there was nobody in Mecca, nor was there
any water So he made them sit over there and placed near them a
leather bag containing some dates, and a small water-skin containing
some water, and set out homeward. Ishmael's mother followed him
saying, "O Abraham! Where are you going, leaving us in this valley where
there is no person whose company we may enjoy, nor is there anything
(to enjoy)?" She repeated that to him many times, but he did not look
back at her Then she asked him, "Has Allah ordered you to do so?" He
said, "Yes." She said, "Then He will not neglect us," and returned while
Abraham proceeded onwards, and on reaching the Thaniya where they
could not see him, he faced the Ka'ba, and raising both hands, invoked
Allah saying the following prayers:
'O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring dwell in a valley without
cultivation, by Your Sacred House (Kaba at Mecca) in order, O our Lord,
that they may offer prayer perfectly. So fill some hearts among men
with love towards them, and (O Allah) provide them with fruits, so that
they may give thanks.' (14.37) Ishmael's mother went on suckling
Ishmael and drinking from the water (she had).
When the water in the water-skin had all been used up, she became
thirsty and her child also became thirsty. She started looking at him
(i.e. Ishmael) tossing in agony; She left him, for she could not endure
looking at him, and found that the mountain of Safa was the nearest
mountain to her on that land. She stood on it and started looking at the
valley keenly so that she might see somebody, but she could not see
anybody. Then she descended from Safa and when she reached the
valley, she tucked up her robe and ran in the valley like a person in
distress and trouble, till she crossed the valley and reached the Marwa
mountain where she stood and started looking, expecting to see
somebody, but she could not see anybody. She repeated that (running
between Safa and Marwa) seven times."

To be continued

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Re: Hadith About Safa And Marwa,the Well Zam-zam,and The Building Of The Ka'aba by Empiree: 8:25pm On Mar 25, 2015
You should break down your op into at 4-5 posts. That's not a good read. Your op is too long
Re: Hadith About Safa And Marwa,the Well Zam-zam,and The Building Of The Ka'aba by Qtsnow(m): 10:17pm On Mar 25, 2015
The Prophet said, "This is the source of the tradition of the walking of
people between them (i.e. Safa and Marwa). When she reached the
Marwa (for the last time) she heard a voice and she asked herself to be
quiet and listened attentively. She heard the voice again and said, 'O,
(whoever you may be)! You have made me hear your voice; have you got
something to help me?" And behold! She saw an angel at the place of
Zam-zam, digging the earth with his heel (or his wing), till water flowed
from that place. She started to make something like a basin around it,
using her hand in this way, and started filling her water-skin with
water with her hands, and the water was flowing out after she had
scooped some of it."

The Prophet added, "May Allah bestow Mercy on Ishmael's mother! Had
she let the Zam-zam (flow without trying to control it) (or had she not
scooped from that water) (to fill her water-skin), Zam-zam would have
been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth." The Prophet
further added, "Then she drank (water) and suckled her child. The
angel said to her, 'Don't be afraid of being neglected, for this is the
House of Allah which will be built by this boy and his father, and Allah
never neglects His people.' The House (i.e. Kaba) at that time was on a
high place resembling a hillock, and when torrents came, they flowed to
its right and left. She lived in that way till some people from the tribe
of Jurhum or a family from Jurhum passed by her and her child, as they
(i.e. the Jurhum people) were coming through the way of Kada'. They
landed in the lower part of Mecca where they saw a bird that had the
habit of flying around water and not leaving it. They said, 'This bird
must be flying around water, though we know that there is no water in
this valley.'

They sent one or two messengers who discovered the source
of water, and returned to inform them of the water. So, they all came
(towards the water)." The Prophet added, "Ishmael's mother was sitting
near the water. They asked her, 'Do you allow us to stay with you?" She
replied, 'Yes, but you will have no right to possess the water.' They
agreed to that." The Prophet further said, "Ishmael's mother was
pleased with the whole situation as she used to love to enjoy the
company of the people. So, they settled there, and later on they sent
for their families who came and settled with them so that some families
became permanent residents there. The child (i.e. Ishmael) grew up and
learnt Arabic from them and (his virtues) caused them to love and
admire him as he grew up, and when he reached the age of puberty they
made him marry a woman from amongst them.

To be continued

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Re: Hadith About Safa And Marwa,the Well Zam-zam,and The Building Of The Ka'aba by Qtsnow(m): 10:25pm On Mar 25, 2015
After Ishmael's mother had died, Abraham came after Ishmael's
marriage in order to see his family that he had left before, but he did
not find Ishmael there. When he asked Ishmael's wife about him, she
replied, 'He has gone in search of our livelihood.' Then he asked her
about their way of living and their condition, and she replied, 'We are
living in misery; we are living in hardship and destitution,' complaining
to him. He said, 'When your husband returns, convey my salutation to
him and tell him to change the threshold of the gate (of his house).'
When Ishmael came, he seemed to have felt something unusual, so he
asked his wife, 'Has anyone visited you?' She replied, 'Yes, an old man
of so-and-so description came and asked me about you and I informed
him, and he asked about our state of living, and I told him that we were
living in a hardship and poverty.' On that Ishmael said, 'Did he advise
you anything?' She replied, 'Yes, he told me to convey his salutation to
you and to tell you to change the threshold of your gate.' Ishmael said,
'It was my father, and he has ordered me to divorce you. Go back to
your family.' So, Ishmael divorced her and married another woman from
amongst them (i.e. Jurhum).

Then Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah
wished and called on them again but did not find Ishmael. So he came to
Ishmael's wife and asked her about Ishmael. She said, 'He has gone in
search of our livelihood.' Abraham asked her, 'How are you getting on?'
asking her about their sustenance and living. She replied, 'We are
prosperous and well-off (i.e. we have everything in abundance).' Then
she thanked Allah' Abraham said, 'What kind of food do you eat?' She
said. 'Meat.' He said, 'What do you drink?' She said, 'Water." He said,
"O Allah! Bless their meat and water." The Prophet added, "At that
time they did not have grain, and if they had grain, he would have also
invoked Allah to bless it." The Prophet added, "If somebody has only
these two things as his sustenance, his health and disposition will be
badly affected, unless he lives in Mecca." The Prophet added," Then
Abraham said Ishmael's wife, "When your husband comes, give my
regards to him and tell him that he should keep firm the threshold of
his gate.' When Ishmael came back, he asked his wife, 'Did anyone call
on you?' She replied, 'Yes, a good-looking old man came to me,' so she
praised him and added. 'He asked about you, and I informed him, and he
asked about our livelihood and I told him that we were in a good
condition.' Ishmael asked her, 'Did he give you any piece of advice?' She
said, 'Yes, he told me to give his regards to you and ordered that you
should keep firm the threshold of your gate.' On that Ishmael said, 'It
was my father, and you are the threshold (of the gate). He has ordered
me to keep you with me.'

Then Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah
wished, and called on them afterwards. He saw Ishmael under a tree
near Zamzam, sharpening his arrows. When he saw Abraham, he rose up
to welcome him (and they greeted each other as a father does with his
son or a son does with his father). Abraham said, 'O Ishmael! Allah has
given me an order.' Ishmael said, 'Do what your Lord has ordered you to
do.' Abraham asked, 'Will you help me?' Ishmael said, 'I will help you.'
Abraham said, Allah has ordered me to build a house here,' pointing to a
hillock higher than the land surrounding it." The Prophet added, "Then
they raised the foundations of the House (i.e. the Ka'ba). Ishmael
brought the stones and Abraham was building, and when the walls
became high, Ishmael brought this stone and put it for Abraham who
stood over it and carried on building, while Ishmael was handing him the
stones, and both of them were saying, 'O our Lord! Accept (this service)
from us, Verily, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.' The Prophet
added, "Then both of them went on building and going round the Ka'ba
saying: O our Lord ! Accept (this service) from us, Verily, You are the
All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." (2.127)
(Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 55, Number 583) Then she thanked Allah

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