Is it valid to perform sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah) going and returning on the same path with the new expansion?

Question:
May Allah reward you. Is it correct that one who performs sa'y goes and returns in one place, rather than going by one path and returning by another? He says: with the new expansion.

Answer:
Sa'y is performed in the sa'y area going and returning. It is not necessary that it be on one specific path that one does not cross; after the crowd, one may not stay behind, one may lean here and there, as long as it does not contradict, but within the known sa'y area, the known sa'y area that Muslims have inherited from the time of Ibrahim (peace be upon him).