Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2966
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الصَّفَا، وَالْمَرْوَةِ، فَقَالَ كَانَا مِنْ شَعَائِرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الإِسْلاَمُ أَمْسَكْنَا عَنْهُمَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ : ( إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ حَجَّ الْبَيْتَ أَوِ اعْتَمَرَ فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا ) قَالَ هُمَا تَطَوُّعٌ {فَمَنْ تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ شَاكِرٌ عَلِيمٌ } . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Asim al-Ahwal reported: ‘I asked Anas ibn Malik about al-Safa and al-Marwah. He said, “They were among the rites of the Age of Ignorance. When Islam came, we refrained from them.” Then Allah revealed, “Indeed, al-Safa and al-Marwah are among the symbols of Allah. So whoever performs Hajj to the House or ‘umrah, there is no blame upon him for walking between them” (Qur’an 2:158).’ He said, ‘It is a voluntary good deed; surely Allah is Appreciative and All-Knowing’ (Qur’an 2:158). Abu ‘Isa graded this hadith hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The final phrase combines the report’s wording with the verse’s continuation: ‘Whoever volunteers a good deed, Allah is Appreciative and All-Knowing.’