English translation
1648. Narrated 'Āṣim: I asked Anas bin Mālik رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ "Did you use to dislike to perform Tawāf – [Sa'y (going)] between Aṣ-Ṣafā and Al-Marwa?" He said, "Yes, as it was of the ceremonies of the days of the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance, till Allāh revealed: 'Verily! Aṣ-Ṣafā and Al-Marwa (two mountains in Makkah) are of the Symbols of Allāh. So it is not a sin on him who performs Hajj or Umra (pilgrimage) of the House (the Ka'bah at Makkah) to perform the going (Tawāf) between them (Aṣ-Ṣafā and Al-Marwa)...'" (V.2:158)
