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Chapter on the Ruling for One Who Interrupts sa'i Due to Prayer or Other Reasons

faqih-2850Vol. 2, p. 417

لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الرَّجُلُ يَدْخُلُ فِي السَّعْيِ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ فَيَدْخُلُ وَقْتُ الصَّلَاةِ أَ يُخَفِّفُ أَوْ يُصَلِّي ثُمَّ يَعُودُ أَوْ يَلْبَثُ كَمَا هُوَ عَلَى حَالِهِ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ فَقَالَ أَ وَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمَا مَسْجِدٌ لَهُ‌[2] لَا بَلْ يُصَلِّي ثُمَّ يَعُودُ قُلْتُ وَ يَجْلِسُ عَلَى الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ قَالَ نَعَمْ‌[3].

Hadith.2855 - Mu'awiyah ibn Ammar narrated: I said to Abu Abdullah (as): "A man starts performing Sa'i (ritual walking) between Safa and Marwah, and the time for prayer begins. Should he hasten to complete it, or should he pray first and then return to complete it, or should he remain in his current state until he fini

faqih-2851Vol. 2, p. 417

أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَسْعَى بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ فَيَسْعَى ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْوَاطٍ أَوْ أَرْبَعَةً فَيَلْقَاهُ الصَّدِيقُ فَيَدْعُوهُ إِلَى الْحَاجَةِ أَوْ إِلَى الطَّعَامِ قَالَ إِنْ أَجَابَهُ فَلَا بَأْسَ وَ لَكِنْ يَقْضِي حَقَّ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ حَقَّ صَاحِبِهِ‌[5].

I asked Abu al-Hasan (as) about a man performing Sa'i (ritual walking) between Safa and Marwah. If he completes three or four circuits and then meets a friend who invites him to fulfill a need or to have food, what should he do? Imam (as) replied: "If he responds to him, there is no harm in it, but fulfilling the right