Sahih Muslim Book - 15, Hadith - 3079

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهَا إِنِّى لأَظُنُّ رَجُلاً لَوْ لَمْ يَطُفْ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ مَا ضَرَّهُ. قَالَتْ لِمَ قُلْتُ لأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ (إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ) إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ. فَقَالَتْ مَا أَتَمَّ اللَّهُ حَجَّ امْرِئٍ وَلاَ عُمْرَتَهُ لَمْ يَطُفْ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ وَلَوْ كَانَ كَمَا تَقُولُ لَكَانَ فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لاَ يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا. وَهَلْ تَدْرِى فِيمَا كَانَ ذَاكَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ ذَاكَ أَنَّ الأَنْصَارَ كَانُوا يُهِلُّونَ فِى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لِصَنَمَيْنِ عَلَى شَطِّ الْبَحْرِ يُقَالُ لَهُمَا إِسَافٌ وَنَائِلَةٌ. ثُمَّ يَجِيئُونَ فَيَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ ثُمَّ يَحْلِقُونَ. فَلَمَّا جَاءَ الإِسْلاَمُ كَرِهُوا أَنْ يَطُوفُوا بَيْنَهُمَا لِلَّذِى كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ فِى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ قَالَتْ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ (إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ) إِلَى آخِرِهَا - قَالَتْ - فَطَافُوا.

It was narrated from Hisham bin Urwah that his father said: “I said to Aishah: ‘I think that if a man does not go between As-Safa and Al-Marwah, it does not matter.’ She said: ‘Why?’ I said: ‘Because Allah, the Most High, says: “Verily, As-Safa and Al-Marwah are of the Symbols of Allah. So it is not a sin on him who performs Hajj or Umrah of the House to perform the going (Tawaf) between them (As-Safa and Al-Marwah). And whoever does good voluntarily, then verily, Allah is All-Recogniser, All-Knower.” She said: ‘A person’s Hajj or Umrah is not complete if he does not go between As-Safa and Al-Marwah. If it was as you say, then it would be: “It is not sin on him if he does not go between them.” Do you know what that was revealed about? That was revealed about the Ansar (the people of Yathrib) who during the Jahiliyyah used to enter Ihram for two idols by the sea shore, which were called Isaf and Nailah. Then they would come and run between As-Safa and Al-Marwah, then they would shave their heads. When Islam came, they did not like to go between them, because of what they used to do during the Jahiliyyah.’ She said: “Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: “Verily, As-Safa and Al-Marwah are of the symbols of Allah …’ then they went between them.”’”