Aslam

Praise be to Allah.The scholars are

unanimously agreed that it is permissible to seek barakah from the relics of

the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), such as his

hair, sweat and other things, because there is evidence to that effect. It

was narrated that Anas ibn Maalik said: When the Messenger of Allaah

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) stoned the Jamrah and offered

his sacrifice and shaved his head, he showed his right side to the barber

and he shaved it, then he called Abu Talhah al-Ansaari and gave it to him.

Then he showed him the left side and said: “Shave it.” So he shaved it, and

he gave it to Abu Talhah and said: “Share it out among the people.”

Narrated by Muslim (1305).

And it was narrated from

Anas that Umm Sulaym used to put out a mat of leather for the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and he would take a nap in her

house. When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)

fell asleep, she took some of his sweat and hair and kept it in a bottle,

then she put it in some sukk (perfume made of musk). He [Thumaamah

ibn ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Anas] said: When Anas ibn Maalik was dying, he left

instructions that some of the sukk should be put in his hunoot

(perfumes used in preparation of dead for burial). Narrated by al-Bukhaari

(6281).

This and other reports

indicate that Allaah created barakah in the person of the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and whatever separated from it

of hair, sweat and so on, from which barakah may be sought and one may hope

for benefit therefrom in this world and the in the Hereafter. The One Who

bestows this goodness is Allaah, may He be blessed and exalted.

But the claim nowadays that

this is one of the hairs or relics of the Prophet (peace and blessings

of Allaah be upon him) is a claim for which there is no proof. Most of the

claims that are made to that effect are lies and myths, such as their saying

that this is a hair of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be

upon him) because if it is placed in the sun it has no shadow. No attention

should be paid to such words.

Shaykh al-Albaani (may

Allaah have mercy on him) said: We know that his relics – such as his

garments, hair and so on – have been lost, and it is not possible for anyone

to prove that any of them exist for certain. Al-Tawassul, p. 147.

Based on this, it is not

permissible to seek barakah from the water you asked about, unless it is

known for certain that what was placed in it is a hair of the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), but there is no way to prove

that. We should beware of charlatans and liars and propagators of bid’ah,

and we should acquire knowledge from people who are known to have knowledge

of the Sunnah and who are defenders of the Sunnah and who strive hard to

spread the Sunnah. It is amazing how a gathering to support the religion

could turn into encouraging people to believe in unproven matters. It would

have been better for the lecturer to call people to learn and adhere to the

Sunnah, because that is one of the means of success.

May Allaah enable us and

you to follow the Sunnah properly.

And Allaah knows best.