Virtues of the Quran's Chapters and Verses

Special Virtues of the Qur'an's Chapters and Verses 20

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم طَافَ سَبْعًا رَمَلَ ثَلاَثًا وَمَشَى أَرْبَعًا ثُمَّ قَرَأَ (‏ وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى ‏)‏ فَصَلَّى سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَجَعَلَ الْمَقَامَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ ثُمَّ اسْتَلَمَ الرُّكْنَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ فَابْدَءُوا بِمَا بَدَأَ اللَّهُ بِهِ ‏".‏

Translation

ʿAlī ibn Ḥujr informed us: Ismāʿīl related to us, from Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad, from his father, from Jābir, that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) performed ṭawāf for seven circuits, walking briskly for three and walking at a normal pace for four. Then he recited, ‘Take the Station of Abraham as a place of prayer.’ He prayed two prostrations and placed the Station between himself and the Kaʿbah. Then he touched the Corner, went out, and said, ‘Indeed, al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah are among the rites of Allah, so begin with that with which Allah began.’

Translation notes
  • أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم طَافَ سَبْعًا رَمَلَ ثَلاَثًا وَمَشَى أَرْبَعًا ثُمَّ قَرَأَ (‏ وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى ‏)‏ فَصَلَّى سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَجَعَلَ الْمَقَامَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْكَعْبَةِ ثُمَّ اسْتَلَمَ الرُّكْنَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَقَالَ ‏

    The Arabic says سَجْدَتَيْنِ (“two prostrations”); the English witness renders this as two rakʿahs, which is more specific and may reflect a conventional reading of the phrase.

    Should the direct wording “two prostrations” be retained, or does this report use the expression to mean two rakʿahs?