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Walking Faster (Running Slowly) in Muhassar Valley

alkafi-7737Vol. 4, p. 470

لِبَعْضِ وُلْدِهِ هَلْ سَعَيْتَ فِي وَادِي مُحَسِّرٍ فَقَالَ لَا قَالَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ حَتَّى يَسْعَى قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُهُ لَا أَعْرِفُهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَلِ النَّاسَ‌[3].

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), once asked one of his sons, ’Did you do Sa‘y (running slowly) in Wadiy Muhassar?’ He replied, ‘No, I did not do so.’ He (the Imam) commanded him to go back to perform Sa‘y (running slowly). His son said, ‘I do not know how to do it.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Ask the people how to do it.’”

alkafi-7738Vol. 4, p. 470

مَرَّ رَجُلٌ بِوَادِي مُحَسِّرٍ فَأَمَرَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع بَعْدَ الِانْصِرَافِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ فَيَسْعَى‌[4].

“A man passed by Wadiy Muhassar and abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), after his arriving in Makkah commanded him to go back to perform Sa‘y (running slowly).”’ (Fatwa best explains Hadith 1-2 of this Chapter)

alkafi-7739Vol. 4, p. 470-471

إِذَا مَرَرْتَ بِوَادِي مُحَسِّرٍ وَ هُوَ وَادٍ عَظِيمٌ بَيْنَ جَمْعٍ وَ مِنًى وَ هُوَ إِلَى مِنًى أَقْرَبُ فَاسْعَ فِيهِ حَتَّى تُجَاوِزَهُ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص حَرَّكَ نَاقَتَهُ وَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ سَلِّمْ لِي عَهْدِي وَ اقْبَلْ تَوْبَتِي وَ أَجِبْ دَعْوَتِي وَ اخْلُفْنِي فِيمَنْ تَرَكْتُ بَعْدِي‌[1].

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that when passing through the valley of Muhassar, which is a vast valley between Mina and Jam‘, a little nearer to Mina, walk faster until you pass it. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, stirred his came

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