What is the wisdom behind drinking zamzam water while standing?

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It is stated in a narration from Ibn Abbas that the Prophet drank zamzam water while standing. Ibn Abbas said:

"I gave the Prophet (pbuh) zamzam water. He drank it while standing." (Bukhari, Hajj 76, 76; Muslim, Ashriba 117; Ibn Majah, Ashriba 21)

As it is known, the Prophet (pbuh) prohibited drinking water while standing in a hadith. (Muslim, Ashriba: 117; Abu Dawud, Ashriba: 13) Thus, hadith scholars combined those different narrations. Nawawi, who explained Sahih Muslim, writes the following about those two different hadiths:

“The prohibition in those hadiths is in the form of makruh tanzihi. It aims to show that it is permissible to drink water while standing.” (see Nawawi, the explanation of the verse in question)

Imam Suyuti explains why the Prophet drank zamzam water while standing as follows:

“The reason why the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) drank zamzam water while standing is to show that it is permissible to drink water while standing. The following can also be stated: Due to the presence of many people there, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) could not find a place to sit and he drank zamzam water while standing or the place around Zamzam Well was wet.”

Acting upon the hadith Ibn Abbas narrated, Hanafi scholars decreed that it was mustahab to drink zamzam water while standing.

In conclusion, it can be said that it is permissible to drink zamzam water while standing.

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