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What is meant by "he asked for water while he was near the Kaaba" mentioned in the Hadith of Ibn Abbas: "I gave the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him, water from Zamzam, and he drank while standing, then he asked for water while he was near the Kaaba"?

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The meaning of "Istasqa" is to ask for irrigation, i.e., to ask for water to drink while at the Sacred House (Kaaba).

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