صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الحجThe Book of Pilgrimage
باب بَيَانِ أَنَّ السَّعْيَ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ رُكْنٌ لاَ يَصِحُّ الْحَجُّ إِلاَّ بِهِ:Chapter: Clarifying that Sa'i between As-safa and Al-Marwah is a pillar of Hajj, without which Hajj is not valid
وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، قَالَ : " كَانَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ يَكْرَهُونَ أَنْ يَطُوفُوا بَيْنَ الصَّفَا ، وَالْمَرْوَةِ ، حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ : إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ حَجَّ الْبَيْتَ أَوِ اعْتَمَرَ فَلا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا سورة البقرة آية 158 " .
Anas (RA) reported that the Ansar felt reluctant that they should circumambulate between al-Safa' and al-Marwah until it was revealed: "Verily al-Safa' and al-Marwah are among the Signs of Allah"; so whoever performs Hajj or 'Umrah, for him there is no harm that he should circumambulate between them.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: From the above narrations, it is established that there were two groups among the Ansar. One of them, during the period of ignorance (jahiliyyah), used to circumambulate (tawaf) Safa and Marwah for the sake of Isaf and Na’ilah, while the other, due to performing tawaf of Manat, did not perform their tawaf. After embracing Islam, both these groups felt uneasy about performing tawaf of Safa and Marwah. Allah removed the matter that was troubling the hearts of these two groups and a third group through this verse.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 3084
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
When the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) was appointed as the qiblah, there were many misconceptions among the people regarding Safa and Marwah, the details of which have already been mentioned in the benefits of the previous hadith.
In this noble verse, those misconceptions have been addressed: performing sa’i (ritual walking) between these two places is among the essential rites of Hajj, and the sanctity of these places is from Allah.
It has no connection whatsoever with the baseless innovations of the people of ignorance (Jahiliyyah).
When the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) was appointed as the qiblah, there were many misconceptions among the people regarding Safa and Marwah, the details of which have already been mentioned in the benefits of the previous hadith.
In this noble verse, those misconceptions have been addressed: performing sa’i (ritual walking) between these two places is among the essential rites of Hajj, and the sanctity of these places is from Allah.
It has no connection whatsoever with the baseless innovations of the people of ignorance (Jahiliyyah).
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 4496
