Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “May Allah be merciful to the mother of Ishmael! If she had left the water of Zamzam (fountain) as it was, (without constructing a basin for keeping the water), (or said, “If she had not taken handfuls of its water”), it would have been a flowing stream. Jurhum (an Arab tribe) came and asked her, ‘May we settle at your dwelling?’ She said, ‘Yes, but you have no right to possess the water.’ They agreed.”
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 2368 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 16 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 3, Book 40, Hadith 556 |
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