حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَکِيمٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِکٍ عَنْ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ فَقَالَ کَانَا مِنْ شَعَائِرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَلَمَّا کَانَ الْإِسْلَامُ أَمْسَکْنَا عَنْهُمَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَکَ وَتَعَالَی إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ حَجَّ الْبَيْتَ أَوْ اعْتَمَرَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا قَالَ هُمَا تَطَوُّعٌ وَمَنْ تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ شَاکِرٌ عَلِيمٌ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 2966
Narrated 'Asim Al-Ahwal: I asked Anas bin Malik about As-Safa and Al-Marwah, and he said: 'They were among the rites of Jahiliyyah.' He said: 'So during Islam, we refrained from them, then Allah, Blessed and Most High, revealed: Indeed As-Safa and Al-Marwah are of the symbols of Allah. So it is not a sin for those who perform Hajj or 'Umrah to the house to go between them. (2:158)' He said: 'So it is voluntarily then verily, Allah is the All-Recogniser, the All-Knowing. (2:158)'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020