Aẓ-Ẓāhir

How the scholars invoke Aẓ-Ẓāhir.

1. "and people are diligent in cleaning it daily in hopes of reward as some pilgrims walk barefoot. Along this road, there are sweet wells known as Al-Shubaika. There is also Al-Zahir, about two miles from Mecca, on the road to Al-Tanim. This is an area beside the road with traces of houses, gardens, and markets. On the side of the road, there is an elongated shop with drinking cups and ablution vessels filled by a servant of that place from the deep wells of Al-Zahir."

   — Ibn Battuta, Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East

2. "Similarly, the name "Az-Zahir" (The Manifest) implies that nothing is above Him, as is authentically reported from the Prophet مُحَمَّد, peace be upon him: "You are the Manifest, so there is nothing above You." Rather, He, glorified be He, is above everything. Whoever denies His transcendence has denied the necessities of His name "Az-Zahir"."

   — Ibn al-Qayyim, Volume One

3. "and head towards mecca go to al-abta pray dur asr magrib and isha sleep briefly then enter mecca staying there or in other places like al-zahir and al-abta when you wish to enter the kaaba do so barefoot pray voluntary prayers inside drink from zamzam and quench your thirst intend whatever you desire of knowledge forgiveness and divine pleasure as the prophet peace be upon him said zamzam water is for whatever it is drunk for frequently gaze at the kaaba as it is narrated in some reports that looking at it is an act of worship do not leave until you bid farewell to the house by performing a farewell to off then stand between the corner and the door supplicating"

   — Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, Al-Ghunya li-Ṭālibī Ṭarīq al-Ḥaqq — Volume One

4. "Two months after that day, we arrived in Java and disembarked at Sumatra, where we found Sultan King Al-Zahir returning from an expedition with many captives. He sent me two maidservants and two boys and hosted me as per the custom. I attended the wedding of his son to his niece. On the day of the procession, I saw them set up a large platform in the middle of the courtyard adorned with silk clothes. The bride emerged from the palace on foot, her face unveiled, accompanied by around forty women of the royal household, lifting her train, all with unveiled faces for everyone, noble and commoner, to see, which is not their custom except during"

   — Ibn Battuta, Volume Two: From India to the Lands of the West