No Zamzam Scam Here, Wahhabis Say

I believe 'em, don't you?

CAIRO – Saudi Arabia has vehemently denied rumors being circulated on social networking websites about adding ordinary water to the holy Zamzam water, which is being served to millions of pilgrims fulfilling the spiritual journey of hajj. 

“The speculation about the genuineness of Zamzam water supplied by the Zamzam Office is not true and unfortunate,” Suleiman Abu Ghelya, chairman of the United Zamzam Office, told Arab News on Monday, October 15. 

Rumors have been circulating on social networking sites that ordinary water was added to Zamzam water supplied to Muslim pilgrims. 

But Abu Ghelya attributed the rumors to ignorance, saying that Zamzam is a river in paradise that will never dry up. 

The blessed Well of Zamzam has been gushing for hundreds of years.Allah created the Zamzam well to provide Hajar, the wife of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham), and her baby son Isma`eel with water in the hot, dry valley of Makkah.  

In her desperate search for water, Hajar ran seven times back and forth in the scorching heat between the two hills of Safa and Marwa to provide for her thirsty baby. 

The act remains a necessary rite of pilgrims must complete.Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) has recommended drinking from the blessed water, saying it serves whatever purpose it is being used for. 

In September, 2010, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz inaugurated Zamzam Water Project, which aims to ensure a constant supply of pure Zamzam water, to preserve the spring itself, and to package and distribute Zamzam water in a modern way. 

Each year, pilgrims return to their home countries after successfully finishing hajj with bottles of Zamzam water atop their favorite list of gifts.

This year, United Zamzam Office plans to supply 32 million liters of Zamzam water to pilgrims in the current hajj season...

Dare one say that, next to oil, Bin Abdulaziz's pure Zamzam water for the zealous is the Wahhabis biggest money-maker? No wonder they go to such great lengths to zealously guard their Zamzam monopoly, for 'tis only in Saudi Arabia that oil and water do mix.