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[3081] 261 - (...) It was narrated that 'Urwah bin Az-Zubair said: 'I said to 'Aishah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ: 'I do not think it matters if someone does not go between Aṣ-Ṣafâ and Al-Marwah, and I do not mind if I do not go between them.' She said: 'What a bad thing you have said, O son of my sister! The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ went between them and so did the Muslims, and it became Sunnah (prescribed). Rather those who entered Ihram for the false goddess Manât who was in Al-Mushallal did not go between Aṣ-Ṣafâ and Al-Marwah. When Islam came, we asked the Prophet ﷺ about that, and Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: "Verily, Aṣ-Ṣafâ 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 (Aṣ-Ṣafâ and Al-Marwah)..."[1] If it was as you say, it would be: 'It is not a sin on him if he does not go between them.'"
Az-Zuhrî said: "I mentioned that to Abû Bakr bin 'Abdur-Raḥmân bin Al-Hârith bin Hishâm, and he was impressed by it, and said: 'This is knowledge. I heard some of the scholars say: "Those among the Arabs who did not go between Aṣ-Ṣafâ and Al-
Marwah said that going between these two rocks was a matter of Jāhiliyyah. Others among the Anṣār said: 'We are only commanded to circumambulate the House, and we are not commanded to go between Aṣ-Ṣafâ and Al-Marwah.' Then Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: "Verily, Aṣ-Ṣafâ and Al-Marwah are of the Symbols of Allâh..."[1]
Abû Bakr bin 'Abdur-Raḥmân said: "I think that it was revealed concerning both groups."
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