Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 2986

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ، قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ مَا أَرَى عَلَىَّ جُنَاحًا أَنْ لاَ أَطَّوَّفَ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ ‏‏{إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ حَجَّ الْبَيْتَ أَوِ اعْتَمَرَ فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا}‏ وَلَوْ كَانَ كَمَا تَقُولُ لَكَانَ فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لاَ يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا ‏.‏ إِنَّمَا أُنْزِلَ هَذَا فِي نَاسٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ كَانُوا إِذَا أَهَلُّوا أَهَلُّوا لِمَنَاةَ فَلاَ يَحِلُّ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَطَّوَّفُوا بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِي الْحَجِّ ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَأَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ فَلَعَمْرِي مَا أَتَمَّ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ حَجَّ مَنْ لَمْ يَطُفْ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ ‏.‏

Translation

Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Abū Usāmah narrated to us, from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, who said: My father told me: I said to ʿĀʾishah, “I do not think there is any blame on me for not performing the saʿy between al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah.” She said: God says, «Indeed, al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah are among the symbols of God. So whoever makes pilgrimage to the House or performs ʿumrah, there is no blame upon him for going between them.» If it were as you say, it would read, “there is no blame upon him for not going between them.” Rather, this was revealed concerning some of the Anṣār: when they entered the consecrated state, they did so for Manāt, and they considered it impermissible to perform saʿy between al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah. When they came with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for Hajj, they mentioned that to him, and God revealed this verse. By my life, God, Mighty and Majestic, has not completed the Hajj of one who does not perform saʿy between al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah.