What are the Shari'ah boundaries of Mount al-Safa and Mount al-Marwah?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what are the Shari'ah boundaries of Mount al-Safa and Mount al-Marwah? Does this exist? Do the Shari'ah boundaries exist now, the ones that generations and generations have followed? This is the sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah),
Answer:
which is not increased or decreased, because it is a sacred site, and it is not permissible to alter the sacred sites by increasing or decreasing them; rather, they remain as they are. If some people came and said, "Arafah is spacious, let us put in a plan, let us build houses in it," is this permissible? It is not permissible. Or if one said, "Arafah is narrow, let us expand the space, and Muzdalifah is narrow, let us extend it to al-Shara'i," is this permissible? This is not permissible; one does not alter the sacred sites.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what are the Shari'ah boundaries of Mount al-Safa and Mount al-Marwah? Does this exist? Do the Shari'ah boundaries exist now, the ones that generations and generations have followed? This is the sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah),
Answer:
which is not increased or decreased, because it is a sacred site, and it is not permissible to alter the sacred sites by increasing or decreasing them; rather, they remain as they are. If some people came and said, "Arafah is spacious, let us put in a plan, let us build houses in it," is this permissible? It is not permissible. Or if one said, "Arafah is narrow, let us expand the space, and Muzdalifah is narrow, let us extend it to al-Shara'i," is this permissible? This is not permissible; one does not alter the sacred sites.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [932 -2802] ما هي الحدود الشرعية لجبل الصفا ولجبل المروة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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