| Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A | She was desperately seeking water for her infant son, but she could not find any, as Mecca is located in a hot dry valley with few sources of water |
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| Millions of pilgrims visit the well each year while performing the or pilgrimages in order to drink its water | According to Islam, it is a miraculously generated source of water from , which sprang spontaneously thousands of years ago when Abraham's son Ishmael was left with his mother Hagar in the desert, thirsty and crying |
Saudi Geological Survey in Arabic.
1| Council of British Hajjis Pilgrims | Getting thirstier by the second, the infant Isma'il scraped the land with his feet, where suddenly water sprang out |
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| Turkistani has also stated that the Zamzam water pollution may have been caused by unsterilized containers used by illegal workers selling Zamzam water at Makkah gates | The BBC article concentrated on bottled water supplied by individuals rather than the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs, according to Fahd Turkistani, advisor to the |
Since the area has become more and more settled, water from absorbed rainfall on the Wadi Ibrahim has decreased.