Sa‘y Between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah and the Prayers to Say

سَأَلْتُهُ‌[1] عَنِ السَّعْيِ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ قَالَ إِذَا انْتَهَيْتَ إِلَى الدَّارِ الَّتِي عَلَى يَمِينِكَ عِنْدَ أَوَّلِ الْوَادِي فَاسْعَ حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى أَوَّلِ زُقَاقٍ‌[2] عَنْ يَمِينِكَ بَعْدَ مَا تُجَاوِزُ الْوَادِيَ إِلَى الْمَرْوَةِ فَإِذَا انْتَهَيْتَ إِلَيْهِ فَكُفَّ عَنِ السَّعْيِ وَ امْشِ مَشْياً وَ إِذَا جِئْتَ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمَرْوَةِ فَابْدَأْ مِنْ عِنْدِ الزُّقَاقِ الَّذِي وَصَ

“About Sa‘y (walking faster like running slowly) between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah, I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.). He (the Imam) said, ‘When you reach the first house on your right side in the beginning of the valley, then walk faster like running slowly until the beginning of the lanes on your right side, then stop S

كَانَ أَبِي يَسْعَى بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ مَا بَيْنَ بَابِ ابْنِ عَبَّادٍ إِلَى أَنْ يَرْفَعَ قَدَمَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَسِيلِ لَا يَبْلُغُ زُقَاقَ آلِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ.

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘My father (a.s.), would perform Sa‘y (walking faster like running slowly) between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah between the door of ibn ‘Abbad up to where he stepped over the drain of the valley before the lane of Ale abu Husayn.’” (Ahadith 1-2 of this Chapter are best explained in the form of f

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ مَا مِنْ بُقْعَةٍ أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنَ الْمَسْعَى لِأَنَّهُ يُذِلُّ فِيهَا كُلَّ جَبَّارٍ. - وَ رُوِيَ‌ أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ لِمَ جُعِلَ السَّعْيُ فَقَالَ مَذَلَّةً لِلْجَبَّارِينَ.

“I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘No piece of land is more beloved to Allah than the area for walking (between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah); because it humbles every tyrant.’ It is narrated that he was asked, ‘Why was al-Sa‘y made to be?‘, so he said, ‘To humbles the tyrants.’”

لَيْسَ لِلَّهِ مَنْسَكٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ السَّعْيِ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ يُذِلُّ فِيهِ الْجَبَّارِينَ.

“He (the Imam) has said, ‘No act of Hajj is more beloved to Allah than ‘Sa‘y’ because it humbles the tyrants.’”

جُعِلَ السَّعْيُ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ مَذَلَّةً لِلْجَبَّارِينَ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that Sa‘y (walking) between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah is made to humble the tyrants.”

انْحَدِرْ مِنَ الصَّفَا مَاشِياً إِلَى الْمَرْوَةِ وَ عَلَيْكَ السَّكِينَةَ وَ الْوَقَارَ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ الْمَنَارَةَ وَ هِيَ عَلَى طَرَفِ الْمَسْعَى فَاسْعَ مِلْأَ فُرُوجِكَ‌[1] وَ قُلْ- بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ وَ ارْحَمْ وَ تَجَاوَزْ عَمَّا تَعْلَمُ وَ أَنْتَ الْأَعَزُّ الْأَكْرَمُ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ الْمَنَارَةَ الْأُخْرَى فَإِذ

6. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that climb down from al-Safa’, walking to al-Marwah in a calm and dignified manner up to the sign; then walk faster and say, ‘I begin by the help

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع يَبْتَدِئُ بِالسَّعْيِ مِنْ دَارِ الْقَاضِي الْمَخْزُومِيِّ قَالَ وَ يَمْضِي كَمَا هُوَ إِلَى زُقَاقِ الْعَطَّارِينَ.

“I saw abu al-Hassan (a.s.), perform Sa‘y (walking faster like running slowly) from the house of al-Qadiy al-Makhzumiy.’ He has said that he (the Imam) continued until he reached the lane of al-‘Attarin (perfume sellers).”’

سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ السَّعْيِ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ فَرِيضَةٌ أَمْ سُنَّةٌ فَقَالَ فَرِيضَةٌ قُلْتُ أَ وَ لَيْسَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- فَلا جُناحَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِما[2] قَالَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي عُمْرَةِ الْقَضَاءِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص شَرَطَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَرْفَعُوا الْأَصْنَامَ مِنَ الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ فَتَشَاغَلَ رَجُلٌ وَ تَرَكَ السَّعْيَ حَتَّى انْقَضَتِ الْأَيّ

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the Sa‘y between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah if it is obligatory or Sunnah. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is obligatory.’ I then asked, ‘What is the meaning of the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘. . . then it is not harmful for him to perform Tawaf of them.’ (2:158). He (

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَرَكَ شَيْئاً مِنَ الرَّمَلِ‌[1] فِي سَعْيِهِ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ قَالَ لَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ الْمَسْعَى كَانَ أَوْسَعَ مِمَّا هُوَ الْيَوْمَ وَ لَكِنَّ النَّاسَ ضَيَّقُوهُ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who did not walk faster between the two signs during Sa‘y of al-Safa’ and al-Marwah. He (the Imam) replied, ‘It is not necessary for him to do anything.’ It is narrated that the area of “al-Mas‘a (the area for Sa‘y)’” was greater than it is today. People have reduced thi

عَلَيْهِ الْحَجُّ مِنْ قَابِلٍ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who intentionally does not perform Sa‘y between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah. He (the Imam) said, ‘He owes al-Hajj in future.’” (Hadith 10 of this and the following Chapters are best explained in the form of fatwa).