Hadith 3079

Clarifying That Sâ'î Between Aş-Şafâ And Al-Marwah Is A Pillar Of Hajj, Without Which Hajj Is Not Valid

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Darussalam · Volume 3

15. The Book Of Hajj

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 1277 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 928

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[3079] 259 - (1277) It was narrated from Hishâm bin 'Urwah that his father said: "I said to 'Aishah: 'I think that if a man does not go between Aş-Şafâ and Al-Marwah, it does not matter.' She said: 'Why?' I said: 'Because Allâh, the Most High, says: "Verily, Aş-Şafâ and Al-Marwah are of the Symbols of Allâh. So it is not a sin on him who performs Hajj or 'Umrah of the House to perform the going (Tawâf) between them (Aş-Şafâ and Al-Marwah). And whoever does good voluntarily, then verily, Allâh is All-Recogniser, All-Knower".'[1] She said: 'A person's Hajj or 'Umrah is not complete if he does not go between Aş-Şafâ and Al-Marwah. If it was as you say, then it would be: "It is not a sin on him if he does not go between them." Do you know what that was revealed about? That was revealed about the Anşâr (the People of Yathrib) who during the Jâhiliyyah used to enter Ihrâm for two idols by the sea shore, which were called Isâf and Nâ'ilah. Then they would come and run between Aş-Şafâ and Al-Marwah, then they would shave their heads. When Islam came, they did not like to go between them, because of what they used to do during the Jāhiliyyah.1 She said: 'Then Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: "Verily, Aṣ-Ṣafā and Al-Marwah are of the Symbols of Allāh...", then they went between them.'"

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259 - (1277) حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهَا: إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّ رَجُلًا، لَوْ لَمْ يَطُفْ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ، مَا ضَرَّهُ، قَالَتْ: «لِمَ؟» قُلْتُ: لِأَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: {إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللهِ} [البقرة: 158] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ، فَقَالَتْ: " مَا أَتَمَّ اللهُ حَجَّ امْرِئٍ وَلَا عُمْرَتَهُ لَمْ يَطُفْ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ، وَلَوْ كَانَ كَمَا تَقُولُ لَكَانَ: فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لَا يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا، وَهَلْ تَدْرِي فِيمَا كَانَ ذَاكَ؟ إِنَّمَا كَانَ ذَاكَ أَنَّ الْأَنْصَارَ كَانُوا يُهِلُّونَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لِصَنَمَيْنِ عَلَى شَطِّ الْبَحْرِ، يُقَالُ لَهُمَا إِسَافٌ وَنَائِلَةُ، ثُمَّ يَجِيئُونَ فَيَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ، ثُمَّ يَحْلِقُونَ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ الْإِسْلَامُ كَرِهُوا أَنْ يَطُوفُوا بَيْنَهُمَا لِلَّذِي كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، قَالَتْ: فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللهِ} [البقرة: 158] إِلَى آخِرِهَا، قَالَتْ: فَطَافُوا "

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[1] Al-Baqarah 2:158.