623 - Issue: He said: "And if (1) he forgets to trot (ramal) during some of his Sa'i, there is nothing upon him."
The entirety of this is that the trot in the bottom of the valley is a recommended sunnah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performed Sa'i, and his companions performed Sa'i. Safiyya bint Shaybah narrated from the mother of a son of Shaybah, who said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performing Sa'i between al-Safa and al-Marwah, [and he was saying] (2): "The valley (al-abtah) is not traversed except at a quick pace (shaddan)." This is not obligatory, and there is no penalty for one who omits it, for Ibn Umar said: If I perform Sa'i between al-Safa and al-Marwah, I have seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) perform Sa'i, and if I walk, I have seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) walk, and I am an old man. Both were narrated by Ibn Majah (3), and Abu Dawud (4) narrated this. Furthermore, because omitting the trot during the circumambulation of the House entails no penalty, then [the same rule applying] between al-Safa and al-Marwah is more appropriate.
Section: There is a difference of opinion regarding the Sa'i. It is narrated from Ahmad that it is a pillar (rukn), and the Hajj is not complete without it. This is the opinion of Aishah, Urwah, Malik, al-Shafi'i, and al-Awza'i, based on what is narrated from Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) circumambulated, and the Muslims circumambulated—meaning between al-Safa and al-Marwah—and it became a sunnah. By my life, Allah has not completed the Hajj of one who did not circumambulate between al-Safa and al-Marwah. Narrated by Muslim (5). And from Habibah bint Abi Tajrah (6), one of the women of the Banu Abd al-Dar,
(1) In B and M: "wa-man" (and whoever). (2) In B and M: "wa-yaqul" (and saying). (3) In: The Chapter on Sa'i between al-Safa and al-Marwah, from the Book of Rituals (Manasik). Sunan Ibn Majah 2/995. The first [narration] was also recorded by al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on Sa'i in the bottom of the watercourse, from the Book of Rituals. al-Mujtaba 5/194. (4) In: The Chapter on the command of al-Safa and al-Marwah, from the Book of Rituals. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/439. It was also recorded by al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on what has been narrated regarding Sa'i... from the Chapters on Hajj. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 4/97. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on walking between them, from the Book of Rituals. al-Mujtaba 5/193, 194. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 2/60, 61, 120. (5) In: The Chapter on the declaration that Sa'i between al-Safa and al-Marwah is a pillar... from the Book of Hajj. Sahih Muslim 2/928, 929. It was also recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on doing in the Umrah what is done in the Hajj, from the Book of Umrah. Sahih al-Bukhari 3/7. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on Sa'i between al-Safa and al-Marwah, from the Book of Rituals. Sunan Ibn Majah 2/994, 995. (6) In B and M: "Shajara" (a typo). She is the 'Abdariyya; they say they are of the Azd, allies of the Banu 'Abd al-Dar, and she is a female companion (Sahabiyya). See her biography in: al-Tabaqat al-Kubra by Ibn Sa'd 8/180, and Hashiyat al-Mushtabih 112.
