The Ruling on Sa'y in the New Sa'y Area

The questioner:
May Allah guide you. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner says: After the Committee of Senior Scholars issued a fatwa stating that it is not permissible to perform sa'y in the new sa'y area, what is obligatory for the one who performed the sa'y of Hajj in it, and then came two months later for another 'Umrah and also performed sa'y in it?

The Shaykh:
I say: You should wait until the sa'y area that is being made into levels is completed, if Allah wills, and that will suffice; you do not need to perform another 'Umrah. As for what happened, and that he performed 'Umrah and tawaf in the prepared sa'y area, I do not issue a fatwa on that. I see that it is not permissible to perform sa'y in it because it is not the sa'y area; rather, it is an addition to the sa'y area. So we ask Allah to guide the responsible parties to return to the correct path and to hasten to repair the sa'y area by making it into levels that accommodate the people. We ask Allah to help them, benefit them, and prolong their determination until they complete it in the required manner. And you should postpone the 'Umrah until it is finished. Yes.

The presenter:
I seek forgiveness from Allah the Great.

The Shaykh:
He asks you: Postpone it until the sa'y area is finished. Yes.

The questioner:
May Allah be with you. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner says: One of the shaykhs abroad mentioned something from the Torah.

The Shaykh:
And if the senior scholars issue a fatwa, what has been issued from them? What has been issued from them? I mean, after the creation of the new sa'y area, no fatwa has been issued from them. Rather, before this, they said: Make the old sa'y area... the sa'y area is the sa'y area; there is no old and new. They said: Make the sa'y area into levels that accommodate the people. This is what the senior scholars issued as a fatwa. Yes.