Question:
What is the significance of the well & valley of Al Rawha, which is situated between Madinah & Badr? It is believed that the water from this well grants has a particular barakah & gives shifa to the drinker. Is it correct that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) blessed this well with his saliva?
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Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
A number of narrations regarding al-Rawḥāʾ or events in this place have been mentioned in the books of Ḥadīth.[1][2][3] The significance of the Masjid and hill of Rawḥāʾ have also been explicitly mentioned:
1) The Masjid at Rawḥāʾ:
Sayyidunā ʿAmr ibn ʿAwf (raḍiyallāhu ʿanh) reports that Rasūlullāh (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi Wasallam) said:
‘.. Indeed seventy Ambiyāʾ (Prophets) prayed ṣalāh in this Masjid (at Rawḥāʾ)…’
(Al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr, vol. 11, pg. 3715. Also see Fatḥ al-Bārī, Ḥadīth: 492)
2) The hill of Rawḥāʾ:
Sayyidunā Anas and Sayyidunā Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿari (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhumā) have reported that Rasūlullāh (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi Wasallam) said:
‘Indeed 70 Ambiyāʾ (Prophets) had passed the hill of Rawḥāʾ en route to the house of Allāh (the Kaʿbah)….’
(Musnad Abī Yaʿlā, Ḥadīth: 7231 & 7271. Al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr, see: Majmaʿ al-Zawāʾid, vol. 3 pg. 220)
Although the chains for these narrations are weak, they sufficiently support each other in their mention of the Prophets passing Rawḥāʾ. (Also see al-Targhīb, vol. 2 pg. 185-186)
3) The well of Rawḥāʾ:
We have not come across any Ḥadīth stating that Rasūlullāh (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wasallam) blessed the well of Rawḥāʾ with his mubārak saliva. However many people have experienced cure from the water of the well of Rawḥāʾ. There is no prohibition in trying the experiences of people.
And Allah knows best
Mufti Imran Patel
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
25/10/2015
Taken from here
