Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Then there is no blame on him if he circumambulates them"

Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: ?

Answer:
It means al-Safa and al-Marwah . It means among the symbols of his religion, places of worship, , meaning he walks between al-Safa and al-Marwah for Hajj and 'Umrah. And one does not perform sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah) as a voluntary act other than in Hajj and 'Umrah, unlike tawaf (circumambulation), which is prescribed for a person to circumambulate the House, whether he is a pilgrim performing Hajj, a pilgrim performing 'Umrah, or sitting in the Sacred Mosque or in Makkah. It is prescribed and recommended for him to circumambulate the House when he enters the Sacred Mosque before he sits down. This is recommended. As for sa'y between al-Safa and al-Marwah, there is no voluntary performance of it; it is only in Hajj or in 'Umrah. And His saying "there is no blame on him" means there is no sin on him, because there were two idols on al-Safa and al-Marwah in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. So when Islam came, the Muslims were hesitant about sa'y between al-Safa and al-Marwah, looking at the fact that there had been idols on them in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. So Allah negated this when the idols were removed from al-Safa and al-Marwah. Indeed, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said: there is no blame on the one who performs sa'y between them, and he does not look at the fact that there had been idols on them. Yes.