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862. Jābir narrated: "When the Prophet ﷺ arrived in Makkah, he performed seven (circuits) of Tawāf around the House. Then he came to the Maqām and said: And take you (people) the Maqām (place) of Ibrāhīm as a place of prayer.[1] Then he prayed behind the Maqām. Then he came to the (Black) Stone to touch it. Then he said: 'We begin with what Allāh began with.' So he began at Aṣ-Ṣafā and recited: Indeed Aṣ-Ṣafā and Al-Marwah are among the Symbols of Allāh."[2] (Ṣaḥīḥ)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Ḥadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge. One begins with Aṣ-Ṣafā before Al-Marwah, if he begins with Al-Marwah before Aṣ-Ṣafā then it will not be acceptable and he has to start at Aṣ-Ṣafā. The people of knowledge differ over one who performs Tawāf of the House but does not go between
Aṣ-Ṣafā and Al-Marwah until he returns (home). Some of the people of knowledge said if he does not go between Aṣ-Ṣafā and Al-Marwah until he leaves Makkah, then he remembers and he is close to it, he returns to go between Aṣ-Ṣafā and Al-Marwah. If he does not remember until he returns to his land then it is acceptable, but he has to offer a sacrifice as expiation. This is the view of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī. Some of them said that if he does not go between Aṣ-Ṣafā and Al-Marwah, and he reaches his land, then it is not acceptable for him. This is the view of Ash-Shāfi'i, he said: "Tawāf between Aṣ-Ṣafā and Al-Marwah is obligatory, Hajj is not possible without it."
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Footnotes
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[1] Al-Baqarah 2:125.
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[2] Al-Baqarah 2:158.
Commentary
Saṭ begins from Aṣ-Ṣafa. All Four A'immaḥ agree on this point. If some one starts Saṭ from Al-Marwah it will not be correct. Saṭ is always after the Tawāf of the House of Allāh ﷻ. (Al-Mughnī v.5. p.237.)
