Hadith #579
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ قَالَ أُنْبِئْتُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَجَاءَ الْمَلَكُ بِهَا حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى مَوْ
ضِعِ زَمْزَمَ فَضَرَبَ بِعَقِبِهِ فَفَارَتْ عَيْنًا فَعَجِلَتْ الْإِنْسَانَةُ فَجَعَلَتْ تَقْدَحُ فِي شَنَّتِهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ أُمَّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ لَوْلَا أَنَّهَا عَجِلَتْ لَكَانَتْ زَمْزَمُ عَيْنًا مَعِينًا
Isnad Chain
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) — via Sa'id ibn Jubayr — that Ibn 'Abbas said: 'The angel came [with Hajar] until he reached the site of Zamzam. He struck [the ground] with his heel and a spring gushed forth. The woman hastened to it and began scooping [water] into her water-skin. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'May Allah have mercy on the mother of Isma'il — had she not hastened, Zamzam would have been a free-flowing spring.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 10, Hadith 579
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3217
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39607