Re: Rivers and their impact on culture
This reminds me my Dadi’s words ‘Pani pe lathi marne se pani alag nahin hota’
Yes its religiously sacred as it is believed that it came in to being when the little Ismail (son of Abraham AS) hit his feet the scorching land of Makkah, while her mother Hajira (AS) was running between the hills of Saffa and Marwa in search of water. I read that Zam Zam lost its existence and the well was re-discovered just before the birth of the Prophet (SAW)