12. Ḥajj and ʿUmrah
١٢۔ كِتَابُ الْحَجِّ
[Machine] She said, "O Ibrahim, where are you going and leaving us in this valley where there is no one and nothing?" She said that three times and he did not even turn around. Then she said to him, "Did Allah command you to do this?" He said, "Yes." She said, "Then He will not let us be lost." Then she turned and Ibrahim set off until he reached the place where they could not see him. He faced the house and made these supplications, raising his hands and saying, "My Lord, indeed I have settled some of my descendants in an uncultivated valley near Your sacred House, our Lord, that they may establish prayer. So make hearts among the people incline toward them and provide for them from the fruits that they might be grateful." [Ibrahim: 37] So the mother of Ismail nursed Ismail and drank from that water until the water in the water-skin ran out and she and her baby became thirsty and hungry. She looked at him as he writhed in pain or as the Prophet, ﷺ , said, as he turned one way and then another. She could not bear to look at him, so she went and found that Safa was the closest mountain to her. She climbed it and stood on it, looking to see if she could see anyone. When she did not see anyone, she descended from Safa and when she reached the valley, she lifted up the edge of her garment and hastened as much as she could until she crossed the valley and reached Marwah. She climbed it and stood on it, looking to see if she could see anyone. When she did not see anyone, she did that seven times. The Prophet, ﷺ , said, "That is why people run between them." When she had reached Marwah for the last time, she heard a voice, so she said, "Be quiet, for you are disturbing yourself." Then she listened again and heard it, so she said, "I have heard you, so if you have any assistance to offer, then help us." She began to look towards the direction of Al-Makam and she saw an angel digging the earth with his heel or his wing, until water appeared. She scooped it up and started to bring it with her in her water-skin, while the water flowed as much as she scooped up. The Prophet, ﷺ , said, "May Allah have mercy on the mother of Ismail. If she had not let the water flow and had not taken from it, then it would have been a flowing stream." She drank from it and gave some to her child, and the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid of being lost, for this is the House of Allah that this boy and his father will build, and Allah will never abandon them." And he mentioned the Hadith in full.
وَقَالَتْ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ وَتَتْرُكُنَا بِهَذَا الْوَادِي الَّذِي لَيْسَ فِيهِ أَنِيسٌ وَلَا شَيْءٌ؟ قَالَتْ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَجَعَلَ لَا يَلْتَفِتُ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ آللَّهُ أَمَرَكَ بِهَذَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَتْ إِذًا لَا يُضَيِّعُنَا ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ وَانْطَلَقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ حَيْثُ لَا يَرَوْنَهُ اسْتَقْبَلَ بِوَجْهِهِ الْبَيْتَ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِهَذِهِ الدَّعَوَاتِ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَقَالَ {رَبِّ إِنِّي أَسَكَنْتُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي بِوَادٍ غَيْرِ ذِي زَرْعٍ عِنْدَ بَيْتِكَ الْمُحَرَّمِ} حَتَّى بَلَغَ {لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْكُرُونَ} [إبراهيم 37] فَجَعَلَتْ أُمُّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ تُرْضِعُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَتَشْرَبُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا نَفِدَ مَا فِي السِّقَاءِ عَطِشَتْ وَعَطِشَ ابْنُهَا وَجَاعَ وَجَعَلَتْ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ يَتَلَوَّى أَوْ قَالَ يَتَلَبَّطُ فَانْطَلَقَتْ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ تَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهِ فَوَجَدَتِ الصَّفَا أَقْرَبَ جَبَلٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَلِيهَا فَقَامَتْ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَقْبَلَتِ الْوَادِيَ تَنْظُرُ هَلْ تَرَى أَحَدًا فَلَمْ تَرَ أَحَدًا فَهَبَطَتْ مِنَ الصَّفَا حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْوَادِيَ رَفَعَتْ طَرَفَ دِرْعِهَا ثُمَّ سَعَتْ سَعْيَ الْإِنْسَانِ الْمَجْهُودِ حَتَّى جَاوَزَتِ الْوَادِيَ ثُمَّ أَتَتِ الْمَرْوَةَ فَقَامَتْ عَلَيْهَا فَنَظَرَتْ هَلْ تَرَى أَحَدًا فَلَمْ تَرَ أَحَدًا فَفَعَلَتْ ذَلِكَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَلِذَلِكَ سَعَى النَّاسُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَلَمَّا أَشْرَفَتْ عَلَى الْمَرْوَةِ سَمِعَتْ صَوْتًا فَقَالَتْ صَهٍ تُرِيدُ نَفْسَهَا ثُمَّ تَسَمَّعَتْ أَيْضًا فَسَمِعَتْ فَقَالَتْ قَدْ أُسْمِعْتُ إنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ غِوَاثٌ فَإِذَا هِيَ بِالْمَلَكِ عِنْدَ مَوْضِعِ زَمْزَمَ فَبَحَثَ بِعَقِبِهِ أَوْ قَالَ بِجَنَاحِهِ حَتَّى ظَهَرَ الْمَاءُ فَجَعَلَتْ تُحَوِّضُهُ وَجَعَلَتْ تَغْرِفُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فِي سِقَائِهَا وَهِيَ تَفُورُ بِقَدْرِ مَا تَغْرِفُ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَرْحَمُ اللهُ أُمَّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ لَوْ تَرَكَتْ زَمْزَمَ أَوْ قَالَ لَوْ لَمْ تَغْرِفْ مِنَ الْمَاءِ لَكَانَتْ زَمْزَمُ عَيْنًا مَعِينًا قَالَ فَشَرِبَتْ وَأَرْضَعَتْ وَلَدَهَا وَقَالَ لَهَا الْمَلَكُ لَا تَخَافِي مِنَ الضَّيْعَةِ فَإِنَّ هَا هُنَا بَيْتَ اللهِ يَبْنِيهِ هَذَا الْغُلَامُ وَأَبُوهُ فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَا يُضَيِّعُ أَهْلَهُ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ