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Drinking Zamzam while standing

bukhari:1637Muḥammad, huwa b. Salām > al-Fazārī > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > b. ʿAbbās

He said: I gave the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Zamzam water to drink, and he drank while standing.

Asim said: Ikrimah swore that on that day he was only on a camel.

البخاري:١٦٣٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَزَارِيُّ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ حَدَّثَهُ

قَالَ: سَقَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ زَمْزَمَ، فَشَرِبَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ.

قَالَ عَاصِمٌ: فَحَلَفَ عِكْرِمَةُ مَا كَانَ يَوْمَئِذٍ إِلاَّ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ.

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ahmad:2608ʿAlī b. Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh And ʿAttāb > ʿAbdullāh > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿAbbās

I served. (water of) Zamzam to Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he drank it while standing. (Using translation from Muslim 2027a)

أحمد:٢٦٠٨حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ وَعَتَّابٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ حَدَّثَهُ

قَالَ سَقَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ زَمْزَمَ فَشَرِبَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ