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== Ishmael's Role in the Origin and Development of Mecca == | == Ishmael's Role in the Origin and Development of Mecca == | ||
Historians<ref>Al-Kamil, vol. 1, pp. 103-105; Tarikh Ibn Khaldun, vol. 1, p. 350; Qisas al-Anbiya, Jazairi, p. 142.</ref> and most exegetes<ref>Jami' al-Bayan, vol. 13, pp. 300-302; Majma' al-Bayan, vol. 1, p. 389; Al-Mizan, vol. 1, p. 388.</ref> link the emergence of [[Zamzam]], the gathering of tribes around it, and the prosperity and development of [[Mecca]] to Hagar and Ishmael's settlement near the Kaaba, under verse 37 of Surah Ibrahim. According to Tabari, Hagar and Ishmael lived in [[Hijr Isma'il]].<ref>Jami' al-Bayan, vol. 1, p. 762.</ref> In a narration attributed to [[Imam Sadiq ( | Historians<ref>Al-Kamil, vol. 1, pp. 103-105; Tarikh Ibn Khaldun, vol. 1, p. 350; Qisas al-Anbiya, Jazairi, p. 142.</ref> and most exegetes<ref>Jami' al-Bayan, vol. 13, pp. 300-302; Majma' al-Bayan, vol. 1, p. 389; Al-Mizan, vol. 1, p. 388.</ref> link the emergence of [[Zamzam]], the gathering of tribes around it, and the prosperity and development of [[Mecca]] to Hagar and Ishmael's settlement near the Kaaba, under verse 37 of Surah Ibrahim. According to Tabari, Hagar and Ishmael lived in [[Hijr Isma'il]].<ref>Jami' al-Bayan, vol. 1, p. 762.</ref> In a narration attributed to [[Imam Sadiq (a)]], Hijr Isma'il is identified as their home.<ref>Al-Kafi, vol. 4, p. 210; Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 12, p. 117.</ref> | ||
According to Muslim scholars, the water of Zamzam flowed from the ground when Ishmael rubbed his foot, which is one of Ishmael's irhasat.<ref>Al-Kafi, vol. 4, p. 202; Al-Tafsir al-Kabir, vol. 19, p. 136; Al-Khara'ij wa al-Jara'ih, vol. 2, p. 930.</ref> Irhas is a supernatural event that occurs before a prophet's prophethood and is connected to him.<ref>Ja'fari, Tafsir Kawthar, 1377 SH, vol. 3, p. 300.</ref> Based on this, Zamzam has also been called "Ishmael's Well."<ref>Tarikh Tabari, vol. 2, p. 255; Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, Ibn Hisham, vol. 1, p. 97.</ref> With the emergence of the Zamzam spring, caravans stopped there, and several tribes gathered around it.<ref>Al-Kafi, vol. 4, p. 202.</ref> A number of scholars, referring to the geographical location and lack of water in that area,<ref>Jami' al-Bayan, vol. 13, p. 301; Majma' al-Bayan, vol. 6, p. 84.</ref> have attributed the pleasantness and abundance of Zamzam water to the gathering of the [[Jurhum tribe]] and the emergence of the city of Mecca.<ref>Mu'jam al-Buldan, vol. 3, p. 148.</ref> | According to Muslim scholars, the water of Zamzam flowed from the ground when Ishmael rubbed his foot, which is one of Ishmael's irhasat.<ref>Al-Kafi, vol. 4, p. 202; Al-Tafsir al-Kabir, vol. 19, p. 136; Al-Khara'ij wa al-Jara'ih, vol. 2, p. 930.</ref> Irhas is a supernatural event that occurs before a prophet's prophethood and is connected to him.<ref>Ja'fari, Tafsir Kawthar, 1377 SH, vol. 3, p. 300.</ref> Based on this, Zamzam has also been called "Ishmael's Well."<ref>Tarikh Tabari, vol. 2, p. 255; Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, Ibn Hisham, vol. 1, p. 97.</ref> With the emergence of the Zamzam spring, caravans stopped there, and several tribes gathered around it.<ref>Al-Kafi, vol. 4, p. 202.</ref> A number of scholars, referring to the geographical location and lack of water in that area,<ref>Jami' al-Bayan, vol. 13, p. 301; Majma' al-Bayan, vol. 6, p. 84.</ref> have attributed the pleasantness and abundance of Zamzam water to the gathering of the [[Jurhum tribe]] and the emergence of the city of Mecca.<ref>Mu'jam al-Buldan, vol. 3, p. 148.</ref> | ||