The location of the place of Sa'y and the Prophet's exit from the gate of al-Safa

Question:
I said: O Shaykh, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to perform Sa'y, he exited from the gate of al-Safa. Do we know from this that the place of Sa'y is outside the mosque? Or did he simply exit from the gate of al-Safa?

Answer:
And what did I say? Yes, the place of Sa'y, the place of Sa'y, there is no doubt that it is outside the mosque. The place of Sa'y is outside the mosque. Until recently, the place of Sa'y had shops and a market for buying and selling; no prayer was performed there. It was a market for buying and selling with shops and stalls on it. It was only included in the mosque with the new construction. It was only the place of Sa'y that was brought into the mosque with the new construction. Before that, until the year, until the year seventy-three, no, until the year seventy-five, until the year seventy-five, it was outside the mosque, considered one of the streets. Yes.