Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet said, “May Allah be merciful to the mother of Ishmael! If she had left the water of
Zam-Zam (fountain) as it was, (without constructing a basin for keeping the water), (or said, “If she
had not taken handfuls of its water”), it would have been a flowing stream. Jurhum (an Arab tribe)
came and asked her, ‘May we settle at your dwelling?’ She said, ‘Yes, but you have no right to possess
the water.’ They agreed.”
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book40, Number 556